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Ara Jan, Goodbye…

November 7, 2018 at 1:51 pm Nigol Bezjian 0

Beirut. October 18, 2018. Thursday. Mgrdich Ara Derderian, known as Ara Güler passed away today at the age of 90. The story of my meeting the giant photographer took place many years ago, in Aleppo […]

Op-Eds

My School…

February 25, 2016 at 12:38 pm Nigol Bezjian 1

They burned our homes, churches, hospitals, and schools… Words I have heard for most of my life from my grandparents, their friends, the genocide survivors I had interviewed, read about in history books and memoirs, […]

Opinion

Bezjian: On the Way to Baykoz

February 5, 2014 at 11:53 am Nigol Bezjian 14

Special for The Armenia Weekly I was in Istanbul recently as part of a Lebanese production team working on a mobile phone commercial for a third country. Normally this would have taken place in Lebanon, […]

Opinion

Bezjian: The Butterfly and the Smile

January 31, 2014 at 9:57 am Nigol Bezjian 26

Special for The Armenian Weekly The last of my dreams this morning was a strange short film. A form of classroom glob white in color like a mother’s milk, yet transparent like a pure glass […]

Opinion

Bezjian: A Walk Through Dante’s Inferno

January 12, 2014 at 10:19 am Nigol Bezjian 9

Special to the Armenian Weekly I was recently asked to help a journalist from a Prague-based radio station do a report on the Syrian-Armenian refugees in Beirut. She wanted to meet all sorts of folks—wealthy, […]

Opinion

Bezjian: Clair’s Knee and Hera’s Sneeze

December 28, 2012 at 1:06 pm Nigol Bezjian 2

I watch the news on the TV screen, see hastily taken images on hand-held mobile phones, images of hands wiping blood, hands carrying guns, hands begging for life, hands and palms pushing and shoving left […]

Opinion

Bezjian: Madame Lucy’s Green Peas

October 26, 2011 at 7:15 pm Nigol Bezjian 6

–Sabah El Khair Abu Omar, –“Good morning to you, Ya Baron,” he responded, laboring to display his vegetables. It is that time of year again, when the greengrocers pile up fresh green peas delivered directly […]

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Opinion

Bezjian: Open Letter

May 25, 2011 at 4:27 pm Nigol Bezjian 13

I keep my commentaries related to Armenian issues within the frame of social gatherings. But lately a couple of items I read in the news made me think that I should share them publicly. To […]

Opinion

Bezjian: ‘Chokhurhava’ Afternoons

February 25, 2011 at 9:52 am Nigol Bezjian 11

It was particularly cold one winter when I must have been 12 or 13 years old and for some reason visited my paternal Aunt Mary’s dwelling more frequently in “Khan el Borghol” (Cracked Wheat Inn), […]

Opinion

Bezjian: Tales of Long Lost Soles

June 30, 2010 at 12:00 pm Nigol Bezjian 3

On June 9, the world woke up to headlines announcing the discovery of a single shoe in the village of Areni in Armenia. Scientists say it was from nearly 5,500 years old, placing it right […]

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