Month: April 2021

Bouillabaisse and Grape Molasses

I really enjoyed being French. I will miss it. It was easy to feel connected to the smell of lavender…

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The curious case of being an Armenian from Turkey while Armenia is at war with Turkey

The war Armenia found itself in with Azerbaijan and Turkey was a gruesome 44 days that felt like it had…

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We Armenians the genocided populace feel no longer the same

I’m no longer the same My Psyche …physique is changed Lost its power… its handsomeness I’m no longer the same…

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The Turkish Question

People are not a question. The fundamentals of human rights—the right to be, become and belong—are not a question. Yet…

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Dark Eyes

Dark eyes, you will see somewhere in every distant land –         so distinct and always the…

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The Class Struggle in the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide

Starting in the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was undergoing an economic transition and European powers were meddling in the…

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In my world, I have no more pain

The magic of duduk music, the symbol of Armenian national identity that has survived for centuries along with the bloody…

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My Introduction to Genocide

When I was younger, I didn’t have a lot of insight on the Armenian Genocide. I have vague memories of…

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“I am Armenian”

“What nationality are you?” “I am Armenian,” my grandfather replied to a Turkish officer who asked what his nationality was.…

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National Assembly debating electoral reforms ahead of snap elections

President Armen Sarkissian has announced that he will not sign part of an electoral reform bill adopted by the National…

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