Lory Bedikian’s book of poetry “Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body” is a poignant exploration of immigrant trauma, familial bonds, identity and mortality. It announces and denounces our fears and some of our most innermost pain with prescient beauty and rare honesty, writes Christopher Atamian in this review.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of March 29: A group of armed men storm a police station in Yerevan; Armenia bans two Russian TV programs hosted by Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Salavyov; Armenia’s Prime Minister says that there is only one government in Armenia, in response to the last President of Artsakh’s announcement that the Artsakh government is operating in exile in Armenia and more.
Ahead of municipal elections in Yerevan, Lilit Avagyan takes the reader on a journey of the capital city’s history, from foreign invasions to the fall of the First Armenian Republic to the Soviet era.
«Քաղաքականություն» բաժնում հրապարակված Սուրեն Մանուկյանի «Մաս 1. Ցեղասպանությունը՝ որպես ազգային և միջազգային օրակարգի մաս. Ցեղասպանության հարցը և ժամանակակից դիվանագիտությունը» հոդվածի ձայնագիր տարբերակը։ Ընթերցում է Գոհար Աբրահամյանը։ Անցյալում կատարված ոճրագործությունների և այսօր էլ աշխարհում ընթացող մարդկայնության դեմ հանցագործությունների խնդիրն օգտագործվում է ոչ միայն քաղաքական հռետորաբանության մեջ, այլ նաև միջազգային զանազան խաղացողների կողմից իրենց շահերի սպասարկման համար։
Past crimes and crimes against humanity taking place today are being used by various international players to serve their interests, at times solving practical problems and dramatically increasing the political weight and importance of the genocide factor.
In this series of articles, French-Armenian journalist Tigran Yegavian explores the complexity of relations between the Republic of Ireland and its diaspora.
Through the voices of his great-grandparents, Varak Ketsemanian gives the reader a small glimpse into the inner world of Genocide survivors.
Many took the harrowing experience with them to their graves. Others would share only fragments of memories. All of them suffered unimaginable loss. They were the orphans of the Armenian Genocide and their stories must never be forgotten.
From those who survived the Armenian Genocide to those who moved to Soviet Armenia during the Great Repatriation of the 1940s, Western Armenians contributed to Yerevan’s incredible rise as a major city, turning it into the heart and soul of the Armenian nation.
While the recent wave of Russians moving to Armenia following the invasion of Ukraine has been surprising to some, it’s worth pointing out that Yerevan has hosted successions of Russian emigre communities for quite a long time now.
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