NAME: PETROS HARALABOUS PISINOS

Date of Birth: October 19th, 1962

Place of birth: Zodia, Nicosia, CYPRUS

Ethnicity - Nationality: Greek Cypriot

At the age of twelve, Petros becomes a refugee in his own country when the Turks invaded the Greek island of Cyprus, on July 20th, 1974 and occupied 40% of the island. With his father taken as prisoner of war, no money, no clothes, no jobs and no help from anybody, Petros, his two brothers, one sister, his mother and two grandparents, struggled for a long time until his father was released from Turkey and return back to his family. 200,000 people were forced to leave their homes, their properties and their belongings because of the Turkish imperialism and barbarism. 1,600 people are still missing. May the ones who created the invasion answer to God and be punished eternally for the pain and misery they have cost. Who ever they may be and wherever they may be. Justice should be served.

The Turkish occupation continuous until today and the Turkish government shows no signs of returning the occupied territories to the rightful owners.

My mother’s visit to her own house.

$40.00 to buy her own picture, from her own occupied house, where she needed permission to enter and visit for a few minutes:

During the Summer of 2003, the Turkish government had finally allowed the Greek Cypriots to visit their homes and properties at the occupied territories for the first time. By the thousands the Greek Cypriots started visiting their houses and so my parents. They went to their little village by the name of Zodia and knocked at the door of their house. A Turkish lady answered the door and my parents introduced themselves and asked permission to see their house after 29 years. They entered the house, looked around for a few minutes and they realized that my family pictures were still hanging on the walls. My mother got pretty emotional during the whole visit but especially from the fact that her wedding pictures along with her four children’s pictures and her parents pictures were still on the walls. Just before my parents left the house, my mother asked the Turkish lady if she could have some of her pictures, to have and perish, as a memory. That is when the Turkish lady told my mother that she could have only one but she had to pay 40 dollars. Having no choice, my mother had to pay forty dollars, to buy her own picture, from her own occupied house.

“They” make a desert and they call it peace. “They” invade, destroy and occupy countries, they kill innocent men, women and children and they call it justice. The International community, for political reasons, has allowed this to happen and still to this day, allow this injustice to take place. Politicians all over the world, present themselves as religious persons working for peace and justice and allow such crimes not only to take place but continue until today. Shame on those who can do something but choose to do nothing. 

Graduated from high school June of 1980.

Served at the Greek army at the special forces-green beret, from June 1980 until September 1982.

Studied at the International Hotel & Catering Institute of Nicosia - Cyprus, from September of 1982 until May of 1985.

Worked at Apollonia Hotel( 5 star Hotel) in Limassol Cyprus, the Summer of 1983 as a cook C’.

Worked at Churchill Hotel( 4 star deluxe) in Limassol the Summer of 1984 as a cook B’.

Worked at Churchill Hotel in Limassol as cook B’ from May of 1985 until November of 1985.

Promoted to cook A’ November of 1985 and worked until November of 1986 at that position until he was offered the position of Chef at the Pinewood Hotel, member hotel of the Churchill family.

Worked as a Chef for Sunotels, the largest hotel chain and cruise line in Cyprus, until January of 1988.

Migrated to United States January 4th of 1988 as a student at the Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California.

Worked at Opryland Hotel in Nashville TN as a Demi Chef and Waiter (at the Cascades Restaurant ), from November of 1988 until May of 1989.

He leased Nicholas Restaurant on June 15th of 1989 where he remained until April 10th of 1991.

He opened The Pantheon restaurant in Fayetteville NC., October of 1991 and the Continental cafe’ September of 1993, where he stayed until August of 1995.

He took a course at the Professional Career Development Institute at 1993 and received a diploma in Hotel & Restaurant Management.

He worked as a professor at the Europa College in Nicosia, Cyprus for the Academic year of 1995-1996.

Returned to United States and bought Nicholas Restaurant where he has been ever since.

Petros got married on April 18th, 2001, with Isabella( her real name is Zhang Hong ), a former student of his, from Europa college.

Petros and Isabella had their first baby, Eleni( named after Petros’s grandmother from his mother’s side ), on April 11th of 2002 and their second baby, Petros Haralabos( named Petros after Petros’s grandfather from his mother’s side and named Haralabos after Petros’s father ), on August 6th of 2003.

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