Pomaks, a slavic-speaking ethnicity, have faced isolation & exclusion in mountainous areas of northern Greece. When borders opened, Pomak men emigrated and Pomak society experienced an unusual transformation.
Article by my daughter Marta, based on 2023 fieldwork.
After decades of strict movement restrictions, socioeconomic and political isolation, widespread male migration has profoundly transformed the lifestyles of the Pomak minority in North-Eastern Greece....