As a child, I grew up entirely in an urban environment. While my friends spent their summer vacations in villages…
Read More »
In February 2020, ethnographer Vanuhi Simonyan and former bank employee Shogher Hakobyan co-organized a festival dedicated to Barekendan, once one…
Read More »
It was one of those sunny Yerevan mornings when Arpi Barseghyan, founder of the Armenian skincare brand Bnatur, entered the…
Read More »
Colossal red-tuff structures rise proudly in the small village of Sasunik, just 30 kilometers from Yerevan. Along the road, signs…
Read More »
Outdoor adventurer Lilit Khachaturyan laughs as she recalls that before she took up mountain climbing, the highest point she had…
Read More »
“My grandfather built our house in 1965. Today, that house has become Noosh, the place that brings me back to…
Read More »
It was a windy evening, atypical of Yerevan’s warm autumn. I arrived at Viktoriia Haryacha’s house, a Ukrainian woman who…
Read More »
Recently, I had a discussion with one of my friends about Armenian cuisine. My friend, a frequent traveler, declared it…
Read More »
A couple of years ago, during a UNICEF partnership visit to Minnesota, speech therapist Armenuhi Avagyan witnessed a moment that…
Read More »
It was during an Armenian literature class in Gyumri that Nare Tovmasyan first encountered Tsovinar—literally. Tsovinar was bright, powerful and…
Read More »