Élevés séparément, parlant ensemble | Andrea Constantinou & Fezile Osum | TEDxEEB3 Youth

Les avocates chypriotes Andrea Constantinou et Fezile Osum reviennent sur leur enfance dans une capitale divisée, où les récits qu'on leur enseignait s'opposaient. Toutes deux ont étudié le droit au Royaume-Uni et travaillent aujourd'hui sur le droit et les politiques de l'UE à Bruxelles. Par le dialogue, l'amitié et la création de leur espace collectif à Bruxelles, Gaïles, elles ont trouvé une voix commune. L'intervention interroge les récits officiels et réfléchit à l'identité, à la réconciliation et à la réécriture des récits hérités.

• Grandir de part et d'autre d'une capitale divisée
• Histoires contradictoires et vérités héritées
• Dialogue et amitié menant à l'espace Gaïles à Bruxelles

In this session, Andrea and Fezile take the audience on a personal journey through their lives as Cypriots born and raised in a divided city. Both lawyers who studied in the UK and now work on EU law and policy in Brussels, they share many professional and personal experiences. Yet the narratives they were taught growing up stood in direct opposition to one another. Raised on different sides of a divided capital, they were shaped by conflicting histories and inherited truths. Through dialogue, friendship, and the creation of their collective space in Brussels — Gaïles — they discovered a shared voice and a collective story. Together, they challenge the official narratives that have long shaped and limited their understanding of each other and their homeland, offering a powerful reflection on identity, reconciliation, and the courage to rewrite inherited stories. An EU lawyer Human rights lawyer specialized in migration and gender equality This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx