I remember receiving the news of Vartan Gregorian’s passing on a spring afternoon in 2021. Immediately, the world felt a…
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There is a specific kind of loneliness in being the only person in a crowded room who doesn’t get the…
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One of the few genuinely good things to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least for me personally, was…
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A few years ago, I walked through the hollowed-out, silent grounds of the Melkonian Educational Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus. It…
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Today is Family Day in Ontario. It’s a relatively new addition to the calendar, one that, if I’m being completely…
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“Motherlands are castles made of glass. In order to leave them, you have to break something — a wall, a…
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*MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR ‘THE SOPRANOS’ for those who somehow still haven’t watched it. I was one of you until…
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I turned 37 this year and, according to Armenia’s life expectancy tables, that places me on the wrong side of…
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I do not usually go out of my way to watch Christmas rom-coms. I know the genre, but I have…
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*Content warning: This article contains references to suicide and psychological trauma. The Armenian translation of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s…
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