I just read a poignant photo essay about the maternity drive in Nagorno-Karabagh published by the New York Times called The National Womb.
The NK government is encouraging young families to have babies by giving them incremental sums of money for each additional child they rear. After the sixth child has been born the family is [...]
Twenty years ago when Armenia declared itself independent from Soviet rule it was not only claiming statehood, it was calling for a restoration of values. The Armenian people would be able to think and create freely in a fledgling democracy that was both naïve yet highly optimistic. Many people believed that prosperity was on the [...]
Dismantling a Yerevan kiosk
About three days ago while driving down Papazian Street in the Arabkir district I noticed a lot of commotion beside the kiosks that are situated along the sidewalk near the intersection with Komitas Street. There were several police officers while other citizens seemed to have been irate and agitated. Yesterday there [...]
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 [...]
Photo of Sotk gold mine courtesy RFE/RL
Yesterday an article was published by RFE/RL confirming that a controversial plan to exploit gold mines near Lake Sevan’s shores was going ahead as planned. And supposedly the government is uninformed about it.
Villagers in the area are rightly up in arms about it since Lake Sevan has already [...]
Lately I’ve been ruminating about this malaise that is rampant in Armenia, the notion that the “country’s not a country.” This mentality has really been bothering me lately and I just don’t know how to ignore it. The more I hear it or imagine people thinking it, the more frustrated I am.
I can’t remember the [...]
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