http://www.ianyanmag.com/odar-the-omission-of-identity/ an independent Armenian news magazine Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:50:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://www.ianyanmag.com/odar-the-omission-of-identity/#comment-10992 Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:28:26 +0000 http://www.ianyanmag.com/?p=2768#comment-10992 Outstanding product or service… Again… The girl Prefers elder scrolls online gold !!!

]]> http://www.ianyanmag.com/odar-the-omission-of-identity/#comment-4424 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:13:37 +0000 http://www.ianyanmag.com/?p=2768#comment-4424 …and I’d like to add that Armenians are such an exclusive group that to be half-Armenian, as I am, is cause for an identity crisis. Is it possible to be half-odar? Jep jermag em, but inside I’m Armenian. To my Armenian relatives, however, I’m outside the sacred circle. I’m an Armenian odar.

]]> http://www.ianyanmag.com/odar-the-omission-of-identity/#comment-4423 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:00:03 +0000 http://www.ianyanmag.com/?p=2768#comment-4423 When my Armenian relatives used the word “odar” it’s always accompanied by a little sneer. Referring to someone as odar is not neutral or complimentary, it’s loaded with prejudice and revulsion. Maybe things have changed now, but when I was a kid in the ’70s and in the company of immigrant-Armenians and 1st-generation American-Armenians, if we’d had an urban dictionary, it would have said, “filthy, stupid, foreigner.”

]]> http://www.ianyanmag.com/odar-the-omission-of-identity/#comment-2421 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:55:27 +0000 http://www.ianyanmag.com/?p=2768#comment-2421 the word “odar” does not mean “not armenian” it only means “stranger” and it is NEVER used in a negative way…i don’t know where the author brought that from. My mother has studied armenian literature as a major and i’m pretty sure “odar” only means “stranger” and in a neutral way (neither negative or positive).
When it comes to the issue of drugs and gangs, even though i do not live in the states where all that happens, i have to say it is every parent’s reaction to think “my son is not like that, he learned it from his friends”… I strongly disagree with people who say Armenians never do bad intentionally, in all cultures we have the good people and the bad people, the things he mentioned made us look very racist and he generalized every small idea he had, by making readers think ALL armenians think “strangers are bad people” and “not armenian means not good”…

]]> http://www.ianyanmag.com/odar-the-omission-of-identity/#comment-2402 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:23:05 +0000 http://www.ianyanmag.com/?p=2768#comment-2402 I have to say, I loved the choice of photos. Despite the gender difference, how similar are the Armenian women’s gestures and those of the Azeri men? It’s almost like both groups are either greeting each other or greeting us, the viewer. Again, great choice in photos for this piece, Liana!

]]> http://www.ianyanmag.com/odar-the-omission-of-identity/#comment-2386 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:31:30 +0000 http://www.ianyanmag.com/?p=2768#comment-2386 […] original here: Odar: The Omission of Identity | IANYAN Magazine Share and […]

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