Constantinople, Republic of Turkey — 1924 The call of the muezzin slowly fades into the evening breeze; the minarets of…
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In a land south of the Black Sea, we lived together in peace for over a thousand years. Then darkness…
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Ornately carved tombstones, once stood proud and majestic, interceding with heaven on behalf of the departed souls resting beneath the…
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Dear “Civilized” World, Where was your show of solidarity when Azerbaijan invaded my land and ethnically cleansed tens of thousands?…
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Color me red. Red as the juicy pomegranate that is rough yet sweet, much like the lives of my…
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You banished me to the desert, yet I thrived like a cactus through thick and thin. You pushed me into…
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Glendale, California — 1987 Varto arranged the last bottle of pills on the shelf and flexed her fingers. At eighty-one,…
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