The Empty Barrel

Vasag’s Wish

Original text by Dikran Gamsaragan (1866-1941) Translation by Kegham Balian and Nanar Nakashian The prince of Syunik with his colossal frame, laid there in his dungeon, inertly adhered to the ground on a mere stretcher. […]

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Amo Hovan and the Red Cinema

Sitting in his reclining chair with a checkered sleeveless sweater and a white mustache that practically spells out “quintessential Armenian dede,” Amo Hovan calmly greets me, “Ahlein Kegham.” Television remotes are studiously stationed on the […]

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Desperation Trendified

In the midst of our 44-day war, social media warriors all across Armenia and the diaspora began the cavalcade of “raising awareness” campaigns for Artsakh, shoulder-to-shoulder with reposted images and videos framed in neat, graphically […]