Hearing the Victims of Genocide: A Spotlight on Rerooted Archive
On 24 September 2023, as the first of 100,500 forcibly displaced persons and their families drove into Armenia from Artsakh,…
Category: Society
Nine months after being forcibly displaced, Artsakhtsis are working towards a sustainable future
For more than 5 years before the Artsakh Social Developments and Projects Fund (ASDPF) was created, its founders worked in…
What Genocide Denialism Does, 109 Years Later
In New York City on April 24, 2024, Armenians gathered at St. Illuminator’s Church in Murray Hill for a candlelight…
Aromatic Traditions in Armenian History
Growing up in the Armenian Apostolic Church was a sensory delight, with its flickering candles, rich colors, sparkling gold, and…
Observation
Probably the most frequent and difficult questions I’ve been asked are about where I’m from… I have an indefinable accent,…
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN ARTSAKH? RESOURCES TO SUPPORT AND SHARE
After nine months of an illegal and deadly blockade, Azerbaijan launched major attacks against Artsakh, bombing civilian targets and forcing…
Armenian Folk Magic: Relearning Our Ancient Traditions
by Hailey Eisman and Araxie Cass While folk practices are often associated with the past and older ways of life,…
Azad Sparks: The Fight for Transgender Rights in Armenia with Lilit Martirosyan
CW: This article includes descriptions of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and hate speech. This article is part of Azad Sparks: Critical Conversations…
No Means No: Yallah, Bye
Consent has been the center of a lot of discussion lately, both within the Armenian community and outside of it. Though legal definitions of sexual consent vary from country to country, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as “giv[ing] assent or approval.”
Simple enough, right? Not exactly.
Passive Language is Dangerous. Azerbaijan’s Attacks Against Armenia Show Why.
Victoria Gevorgyan was the first victim of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. She was nine years old. Reading her name on…