Kegham Balian

Kegham Balian is a Jerusalemite Armenian writer, ceramist and the communications director for Save The ArQ.
The Empty Barrel

Arman Akopian: Spineless diplomacy

In a recent appearance on ILTV News Podcast, the Armenian Ambassador to Israel, Arman Akopian, accomplished what has become the…

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Columns

Goverou Bardez: Saving the Oldest Armenian Diaspora in the World

On May 10, the Holy Synod of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem convened and unanimously declared Fr. Baret Yeretzian defrocked.…

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Columns

Vasag’s Wish

Original text by Dikran Gamsaragan (1866-1941) Translation by Kegham Balian and Nanar Nakashian The prince of Syunik with his colossal…

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Opinion

Another Armenia Besieged

Many years ago, a former headmaster of our local Sts.Tarkmanchatz Armenian school in Jerusalem, the eccentric yet patriotic Gyuregh Srpazan,…

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Culture

The Tear of Patriarch Gyuregh of Chougha: A Christmas Gift

Original piece by Hagop Gyuloian (published by Asbarez in 1997) The white-haired Hovhannes Atamian, a carpet weaver, is working in…

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The Empty Barrel

Amo Hovan and the Red Cinema

Sitting in his reclining chair with a checkered sleeveless sweater and a white mustache that practically spells out “quintessential Armenian…

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Columns

Desperation Trendified

In the midst of our 44-day war, social media warriors all across Armenia and the diaspora began the cavalcade of…

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Columns

Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem: Ode to Diasporan Mettle

Film Tidenk   It’s midnight. It’s over. My father and I are sitting in the living room waiting for the…

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