Kegham Balian

Kegham Balian is the production and marketing manager at Balian - Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem, more than a century old family-business. He also writes for This Week in Palestine and additionally translates Armenian literature into English, hoping to extract and display pertinent lores that seek to highlight the depth of our 5000 year old culture.
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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