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Special Reports

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

May 18, 2016 Lena Tachdjian 7

Special for the Armenian Weekly While I had heard about the Centaur Hippotherapy Center in Armenia about two years ago, I only visited the location late last year, after a volunteer invited me to join […]

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Meline’s Garden: Challenging Monoculture in the Motherland

January 28, 2016 Lena Tachdjian 11

Special for the Armenian Weekly Diasporan Armenians are known to develop obsessions about local Armenian food. The taste of the apricots, the juiciness of the tomatoes, and the aromatic honey have no comparison, and nothing […]

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

July 2, 2015 Lena Tachdjian 7

Special for the Armenian Weekly As an Armenian American, Serda Ozbenian, a current Fulbright Fellow in Armenia, brought her interest and knowledge of the treatment of wolves and bears in the United States to Armenia. […]

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The Soap Maker of Yerevan

February 6, 2015 Lena Tachdjian 13

Special for the Armenian Weekly It seems as if soap making has become all the rage in Armenia. There are olive oil soaps being sold that come from Syria, locals making ones with different ingredients […]

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

December 17, 2014 Lena Tachdjian 6

Special for the Armenian Weekly At some point during my time in Armenia, I must have accepted that having constant back pain was normal. I realized that I had been letting my posture get into […]

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Syrian Olives in Artsakh

September 2, 2014 Lena Tachdjian 13

Special for the Armenian Weekly As small and accessible as Armenia may be, I tend to hear about so many interesting and unique projects that it can actually feel strangely overwhelming at times. Whether it’s […]

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The Making of ‘Jingalov Hats’

March 28, 2014 Lena Tachdjian 7

Special for the Armenian Weekly After finally receiving my 10-year residency card in Armenia, I knew the best way to celebrate would be to travel to Arstakh (Karabagh) without—finally!—needing a visa. Although I was one […]

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Christmas in Armenia: A Culinary Perspective

January 5, 2014 Lena Tachdjian 6

Special to the Armenian Weekly Christmas time for an Armenian family tends to be one of the biggest events of the year, with non-stop cooking and eating, your 100-plus “family” members visiting and pinching your […]

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The Shuga Unplugged: Farmer’s Markets in Armenia

November 21, 2013 Lena Tachdjian 9

When I went to my first farmer’s market in Canada, I did not know what to expect. What I found was a clean and organized system, with labeled produce from every farmer laid out on […]

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Surviving as a Vegan in Armenia

October 10, 2013 Lena Tachdjian 26

As strange as it might seem, my choice to become a vegan was, in hindsight, the main driving force for me to finally make my first trip to Armenia. I arrived in Armenia on Aug. […]

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