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Op-Ed: In Armenian Nation, Men Must Take On Gender Equality
Women sell fruit at an open market in Vanadzor, in Armenia's northern Lori province. © K. Shamlian/ianyanmag The Armenian Nation is a complex and curious one. Where once regarded as disjointed, the...
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Exclusive: Shushanik Kurghinian’s The Workers
Armenian poet Shushanik Kurghinian/ Illustration © ianyanmag The following is a never-before-published English translation of one of Shushanik Kurghinian’s poems. It is appearing here for the first...
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The View from Zabel Yesayan’s The Gardens of Silihdar, Part I
illustration © ianyanmag The second half of the 19th century marks a period of cultural reawakening for Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. As measures were put into place to liberalize Ottoman society...
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Op-Ed: For Women, the Work Behind the Beauty
Pencil drawing of Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) and his mistress Carla (Sandra Milo) from the movie 'Otto e mezzo' by Federico Fellini (1963)/Creative Commons/by Dimitri N. Unless a man is...
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The View from Zabel Yesayan’s The Gardens of Silihdar, Part II
Zabel Yesayan, framed by Armenian lace/Illustration ©ianyanmag Yesayan was drawn to the freedom that France represented. By living in Paris, she could escape many of the social conventions that she had...
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Pineapples & Lezhankas: Memories of my Grandmother
My grandmother, Arusyak Balasanyan, in 1940 in Tbilisi My grandmother, Arus, was born in 1930 in a poor village in Meghri, Armenia. She was only four years old when her wealthy uncle from Tbilisi came...
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Armenian Writer Aksel Bakunts: In Akar, Part I
The following is a part I of a translation of Aksel Bakunts’ “In Akar” by Nairi Hakhverdi. The story follows a poor young girl who is forced into marriage, gets pregnant and then initiates a...
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Armenian Writer Aksel Bakunts: In Akar, Part II
The following is a part II of a translation of Aksel Bakunts’ “In Akar” by Nairi Hakhverdi. The story follows a poor young girl who is forced into marriage, gets pregnant and then initiates a...
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Roundup: In Honor of International Women’s Month
All of last month, we invited contributors to submit their prose, photography, translations and stories in honor of International Women’s Day and Month. The response was amazing – from an interview...
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A Lost Map on the Tramway in Istanbul
“Who are you? This is Turkey. Do you know what Turkey is?” a man asked me, his thick glasses magnifying the fear in his eyes. He belonged to the little-known Armenian Gypsy community, in the Kurtuluş...
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Work, Happiness and Women in the Caucasus
A woman in violet in Svaneti, Georgia/ Creative Commons by deguonis While there are numerous gender inequalities to discuss in the Caucasus, this year, let’s focus on women and work. Certainly for...
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The Big Picture: Women of the Caucasus
A woman sells spices at a market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Flickr via Creative Commons/ By Tomaradze Chechen refugees in Georgia. Flickr via Creative Commons, By Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak The feet of a Yezidi...
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Short Story: The Slingshot, the Barsadig
“Oh Tamar! Tell them the barsadig story!” my mother exclaims, jumping up in her chair and taking a sip of her wine. “Akh Tamar, inch guh sirem ayt badmutyunuh.” (“I love that story!”) We’re sitting at...
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Sucheng Chan: A Great Woman, a Great Pillar
“I realized that the way I think about myself may differ considerably from the way others perceive me.” Sucheng Chan, 1989 For much of history, the popular imagination identified “greatness” with the...
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An Armenian Supernova in Mexico: Astronomer Marie Paris Pishmish
Dr. Marie Paris Pishmish, a Turkish-Armenian astronomer who played an instrumental role in establishing the study of modern astronomy in Mexico, embodies a kind of woman who has been embraced...
View ArticleThe Mobile Art of Armineh Hovanesian
Born in Paris and raised in Tehran and Boston, Armineh is a mobile photographer now based in Los Angeles, capturing moments since 2009. Armineh has had shows at various galleries and events and has won...
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A Passionate Ode to Cosmopolitan Magazine Armenia
I’ve never been a Cosmopolitan Magazine subscriber. I’ve never felt a compulsion to pick one up in line at the grocery store. If I saw one lying around at the doctor’s office, sure, I’d flip through...
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Translation: The Demon of Dark Valley by Bakunts
The “Demon” of Dark Valley By Aksel Bakunts, Translated by Nairi Hakhverdi An old man sitting on a rooftop scraping the hairy hide of an ox and telling stories to villagers perched on stones–when he...
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Armenian-American Identity: Photographer Gilda Davidian’s Motherland
Los Angeles-based photographer Gilda Davidian has spent a few years documenting the the Armenian-American experience in the Southern Californian community of Pasadena, the epicenter of her childhood....
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The Making of a Legend: Theremin Virtuoso Armen Ra
Armen Ra on the set of his new documentary, “When My Sorrow Died.”Courtesy, Production There is no other way to describe Theremin virtuoso Armen Ra than beautifully intoxicating. Look deep within his...
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