Kushane Chobanyan

Kushane Chobanyan is a journalist and podcaster based in Armenia, with over a decade of experience covering human-centered stories related to conflict, displacement, inclusion and education. She collaborates with UNICEF Armenia and is the sound producer of the Armav AAC educational app, which supports children with communication challenges. Chobanyan is also the creator of an animated podcast series that explores the taste memories of displaced people, combining storytelling with audio-visual art to amplify underrepresented voices.
Art

The craftsman of Vanadzor: Azat Sargsyan’s path to music

While shopping at the Vanadzor food market, I heard a butcher arranging meat say something that caught my attention. “Don’t…

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What Armenia’s first U.N. disability rights expert will do

For the first time, an Armenian will serve on the United Nations body responsible for monitoring how countries uphold the…

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Everyone’s problem, nobody’s fault: Armenia’s literacy crisis

Author’s note: About a month ago, I interviewed Mher Davtyan, an educational expert who is a doctoral researcher in education…

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Culture

How Hayk Heritage turns shirts into stories

The screen is on, and I’m about to start an online conversation with a man who creates shirts — but…

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The students who brought Qrji Bazar to the stage 

A woman in her 60s, an opera singer, is performing in what may be her final production. The next morning,…

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Survival after displacement at Hadrut Children’s Art Center 

In 2021, I went to interview Dr. Hayk Hovhannisyan, who traveled from Yerevan to help his colleagues in Nagorno-Karabakh during…

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Why Goris is worth the journey

Sixteen years ago, when I was 20, my university classmate bought a car. When he suggested taking my friends and…

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Lousé Foundation goes beyond rehabilitation

At LousĂ© Foundation, Anahit Ohanyan, a designer and lecturer displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, helps parents of children with disabilities…

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More than toys: Inside Zarman’s educational toy lab in Armenia

There is a special room at the Child Development Foundation in Armenia where Marine Safrastyan, a longtime employee of the…

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Two voices, one field: Shaping art therapy in Armenia

Art as healing: A story from Tatev Harutyunyan’s experience A 60-year-old woman entered psychotherapy with depression, psychosomatic headaches and a…

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