Revelations: Wikileaks and Armenia
Wikileaks is at is again. Among more cables released in the last few weeks, 50 or so have come from the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, detailing everything from “who controls
Kurds Stage Worldwide Protest Condemning Turkish Raids
Inspired by an ongoing “Arab Spring” in countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa, Kurds in Turkey, which number around 20 million, have taken to the streets in Istanbul
Emigration Threatens Armenia: Libaridian’s Appeal
The following unabridged essay was written by Dr. Jirair Libaridian, who holds the Alex Manoogian Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Libaridian previously served
In Armenia, a Country Wide Water Fight
Text by Liana Aghajanian, photos © K. Shamlian As they have for thousands of years, Armenians gathered on a hot summer day to partake in a festival with pagan-era roots
Wide Angle: The Barber of Ashtarak
Twenty miles north west of Armenia’s capital Yerevan, lives a barber named Hagop in Ashtarak, the capital city of Aragatsotn province founded in the 9th century along the Kasagh River.
The Street Shoe Project: Stops in Vanadzor and Tbilisi
The Street Shoe Project has been on the road, making stops in Northern Armenia in the town of Vanadzor (Kirovakan) and even crossing borders to Tbilisi, Georgia. The high-heeled phenomenon
The Big Picture: Tbilisi’s Dry Bridge Market
Tucked away behind Tbilisi’s main Rustaveli Avenue, overlooking a pistachio colored river is the Dry Bridge Market, a step into the labyrinth of history boiling beneath the region known as