Lena Tachdjian

Lena Tachdjian has been living and working in Armenia since August 2011. She has a degree in philosophy and is a certified nutritional practitioner, having graduated with honors from the Institute of Holistic Nutrition. She blogs about nutrition and travel at http://thetravelingchamelian.blogspot.com. She writes regularly for the Armenian Weekly.
Special Reports

Armenia’s Horse Whisperers: Healing at the Centaur Hippotherapy Center

Special for the Armenian Weekly While I had heard about the Centaur Hippotherapy Center in Armenia about two years ago,…

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Meline’s Garden: Challenging Monoculture in the Motherland

Special for the Armenian Weekly Diasporan Armenians are known to develop obsessions about local Armenian food. The taste of the…

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Serda and the Wolves: One Woman’s Mission to Protect Armenia’s Wildlife

Special for the Armenian Weekly As an Armenian American, Serda Ozbenian, a current Fulbright Fellow in Armenia, brought her interest…

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The Soap Maker of Yerevan

Special for the Armenian Weekly It seems as if soap making has become all the rage in Armenia. There are…

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‘Seeing Hands’: Providing Massages to Weary Diasporans, and Work for the Blind

Special for the Armenian Weekly At some point during my time in Armenia, I must have accepted that having constant…

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Syrian Olives in Artsakh

Special for the Armenian Weekly As small and accessible as Armenia may be, I tend to hear about so many…

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The Making of ‘Jingalov Hats’

Special for the Armenian Weekly After finally receiving my 10-year residency card in Armenia, I knew the best way to…

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Christmas in Armenia: A Culinary Perspective

Special to the Armenian Weekly Christmas time for an Armenian family tends to be one of the biggest events of…

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Opinion

The Shuga Unplugged: Farmer’s Markets in Armenia

When I went to my first farmer’s market in Canada, I did not know what to expect. What I found…

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Surviving as a Vegan in Armenia

As strange as it might seem, my choice to become a vegan was, in hindsight, the main driving force for…

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