Interview: Suzanne Khardalian on Grandma’s Tattoos and the Forgotten Lives of Armenian Women
Ever since filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian’s documentary, “Grandma’s Tattoos,” was screened across the U.S. and broadcast on Al Jazeera’s English channel, the response has been overwhelming. “I’ve been getting hundreds and hundreds of emails and letters,” says Khardalian, who directed and produced the film that chronicles the forgotten story of the fate of women – including [...]
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Armenian Retail Therapy
Inspired by our friends at The Caucasus, who put together a diverse list of gift ideas (which featured the Armenian Unibrow Championships t-shirt by our partners at Ara the Rat), we started poking around the interwebs to find Armenian-inspired merchandise in popular brick and mortar and online retailers. Take a look at what we found. [...]
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The Big Picture: Georgia
“Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries,” Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili once said. While the country, bordering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia, sits at the crux of the Caucasus and its membership into Europe or Asia is debated, its ancient status can be backed up by more [...]
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That’s the Spirit: Armenian and Greek Orthodox Monks in Broom Fight
In the spirit of holiday giving, Armenian and Greek Orthodox Monks took it upon themselves to exchange gifts, except they weren’t the kind of presents you would normally expect. Around 100 priests hurled brooms at each other in Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity as they were cleaning the church in preparation for Orthodox Christmas, which both [...]
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Armenia
23 Years Later, Gyumri Struggles to Move On
The train from Yerevan to Gyumri took three hours. It was sturdy, but Soviet. Sturdy but Soviet. I sat on its wooden pews, looked at its safety posters with Cyrillic letters I could recognize, but not understand. I imagined myself in one of those grand train scenes in film – the ones filled with smoke, [...]
Caucasus
The Big Picture: Georgia
“Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries,” Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili once said. While the country, bordering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia, sits at the crux of the Caucasus and its membership into Europe or Asia is debated, its ancient status can be backed up by more [...]
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Armenian Retail Therapy
Inspired by our friends at The Caucasus, who put together a diverse list of gift ideas (which featured the Armenian Unibrow Championships t-shirt by our partners at Ara the Rat), we started poking around the interwebs to find Armenian-inspired merchandise in popular brick and mortar and online retailers. Take a look at what we found. [...]
The Melting Pot
A Campaign Against Death By Stoning in Iran
More than a year after Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s stoning sentence on account of adultery was suspended, international groups are campaigning to influence the Iranian governments decision to remove the barbaric practice from the country’s penal code. Amnesty International, an organization that draws attention to human rights abuses is urging the signing of a petition that [...]
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Interview: Suzanne Khardalian on Grandma’s Tattoos and the Forgotten Lives of Armenian Women
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Armenian Retail Therapy
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The Big Picture: Georgia
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That’s the Spirit: Armenian and Greek Orthodox Monks in Broom Fight
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Op-Ed: The Problem With France’s Armenian Genocide Bill
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Interview: Suzanne Khardalian on Grandma’s Tattoos and the Forgotten Lives of Armenian Women
Ever since filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian’s documentary, “Grandma’s Tattoos,” was screened across the U.S. and broadcast on Al Jazeera’s English channel, the response has been overwhelming. “I’ve been getting hundreds and hundreds of emails and letters,” says Khardalian, who directed and produced the film that chronicles the forgotten story of the fate of women – including [...]
Armenian Retail Therapy
Inspired by our friends at The Caucasus, who put together a diverse list of gift ideas (which featured the Armenian Unibrow Championships t-shirt by our partners at Ara the Rat), we started poking around the interwebs to find Armenian-inspired merchandise in popular brick and mortar and online retailers. Take a look at what we found. [...]
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“Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries,” Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili once said. While the country, bordering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia, sits at the crux of the Caucasus and its membership into Europe or Asia is debated, its ancient status can be backed up by more [...]
That’s the Spirit: Armenian and Greek Orthodox Monks in Broom Fight
In the spirit of holiday giving, Armenian and Greek Orthodox Monks took it upon themselves to exchange gifts, except they weren’t the kind of presents you would normally expect. Around 100 priests hurled brooms at each other in Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity as they were cleaning the church in preparation for Orthodox Christmas, which both [...]
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