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Apathy Found in Cheese

This morning I cut into a lump of braided string cheese, which I bought in a neighborhood store that mostly sells produce and foodstuffs made in villages of Armenia. Just after pulling apart a segment of the cheese I found a long strand of hair that was intertwined with one of the braids. There was also some [...]

Politics of Filmmaking

When scanning the screening schedule of the 2011 Golden Apricot Film Festival, currently taking place in Yerevan, I noticed that several  joint Turkish and Armenian productions were to be shown.

For instance, one of the films being screened was shot by two Turks in Gyumri, with an all-Armenian cast, while another by an Armenian director is set in [...]

Images of Old Yerevan

There is a great photo story (although there doesn’t seem to be accompanying text) on Hetq Online of historical buildings in Yerevan. Many of these marvelous structures are located in what remains of the district known as Old Yerevan in the areas around and behind Republic Square.

Before long, most of them will undoubtedly come down [...]

The Case for One Armenian Dialect

Among the few rifts that exist between people from the Armenian diaspora and citizens of the Republic of Armenia are the nuances of language. There is an ongoing debate, although perhaps not well publicized, about which Armenian is “proper” — that which is taught and spoken throughout the diaspora, known as Western Armenian, or the [...]

Oldest Wine Production Equipment Found in Armenia

Armenian wine

BBC News reports that the oldest facilities used to produce wine were found in an Armenian cave. I used  to hear from people that Armenians–or their ancestors–were the first people to make wine but I never took it very seriously, believing the credit was due to the ancient Greeks or Romans.  But evidence [...]

‘Diasporan’ is not a Word

This is a call to all Armenians living in the diaspora and those writing about the Armenian diaspora in general or in a specific context to stop using “diasporan” to describe someone ethnically Armenian who is born and/or living outside the Republic of Armenia or when illustrating a concept that is related to the Armenian [...]

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