Travel
Looking for Little Armenia
On my third trip to Los Angeles, I was determined to see parts of the city that I had yet to experience. Part of my plan this past March had been to discover the ethnic […]
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History
Now and Then: The Opera and its Surroundings
While Yerevanstis were focused on the Spendiaryan National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet and, especially cafes located nearby, I tried to dive deeper into this question and imagine what was historically located here in […]
Literary Corner
Searching for the Family Homestead But Finding, Instead, One’s Family
Laura Gaboudian walked up to the rusted fence that was guarding a ramshackle and apparently abandoned house. Could this be it? Laura, an Armenian American from Rhode Island, was in the Western Armenia town of […]
Travel
Kalavan: Once an Obscure Village in Armenia, Now Gaining International Fame
Far away in the mountains of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia near Lake Sevan, there’s an insignificant and inaccessible village known as Kalavan. Its population of 108 inhabitants are mostly survivors from Sumgait, Azerbaijan who […]
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The Armenians of Cyprus: History, Identification and Community
The Armenian Diaspora is vast and scattered the world-over even in the smallest and most hidden corners of the world. One such corner is my country: Cyprus, which has a small but actively robust […]
Travel
Collective Dilijan: The Gap Year You Wish You Had
Jeppe Strands is pretty ambitious for a 20 year old. The young Dane came to Armenia to study at United World College (UWC) in Dilijan when he was 18. He discovered what many others have […]
Travel
Artsakh Through the Eyes of a Cypriot (Part Two)
Refresh your memory from the first part of George’s travels and read about his trip to Armenia here. Artsakh captured my imagination ever since I was unable to find it on a map. While […]
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Armenia Through the Eyes of A Cypriot (Part One)
When my friends and family learned I would be going to Armenia and Artsakh for my summer holidays back in 2015, I was on the receiving end of some mixed reactions. “Armenia! Really?” said one […]