After hearing so much from Nessuna about Lilith, a local girl studying design in Russia who’s about to continue her education in the U.K., I finally got the chance to meet her last night. Not only that, but along with Nahro Zagros, the Yorkshire Kurd, I got to play my first game of Mafia.
Mafia […]
After posting about how villages can be so tranquil, it has to be said that as with almost everything in Armenia, appearances can also be deceptive. This is especially true when you consider that the political and economic system is corrupt to the core wherever you are. Moreover, most regions of Armenia — and even […]
The Armenian News Network — Groong has just published one of a few interviews conducted on my recent visit to Lachin, administrative center of the new Kashatagh region sandwiched between Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The first is with Gagik Kosakian, Deputy Governor of the Kashtagh region.
Recent reports in the Armenian press suggest that the population […]
Aghavnadzor, Vayots Dzor Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Habitat for Humanity 2006
Eight-year-old Gayane Hovhannesyan lived with her parents and older brother in a domik for more than 10 years. Her father works at a petrol station while her mother works at the local kindergarten. They started construction on their home in 2004 […]
Oshagan, Aragatsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 1999
It seems like everybody loves villages in Armenia, and who can blame them? Indeed, when Yerevan gets too much most of the city’s population takes time out by relaxing in them if not holidaying in Sevan or Batumi and Kobuleti. Even so, […]
Via The Armenian Odar, news of “an online global exhibit featuring art, photographs, essays and film by young women in their 20s and 30s…” Myrthe points out that only one Armenian woman based in Moscow is participating so far, so head over to her blog for more details. I know a friend of Nessuna’s might […]
Nor Kharberd, Ararat Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2000
Eight years ago, before coming to Armenia to live, I had been vegetarian for 15 years, including 5 years as a vegan, in the U.K. Of course, Armenians don’t like anyone different and it took 3 months and a vodka-soaked New Year […]
Melikashen, Kashatagh Region, Armenian-controlled Republic of Azerbaijan © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2001
Before I get round to writing up the material from last week’s visit to Lachin, some more pics from 2001 of villages that I was forbidden to return to this year. Would have been interesting to see how life was in these […]
Although I’m taking a leaf out of Garo (AKA Christian Garbis) at Notes from Hairenik’s book by using the term “vochinch“, it’s still amazing for me to consider just how apathetic and passive society in Armenia is. Of course, some say that getting involved in the process of nation building wouldn’t change anything, but let’s […]
Herik, Kashatagh Region, Armenian-controlled Republic of Azerbaijan © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2001
As I’ve already posted, my visit to Lachin last week was frustrated by the local KGB and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno Karabakh who refused to give me written permission to go anywhere but Stepanakert. According to the NKR MFA, […]
