People and Borders: Kirants

The wall is built. Neither its length nor its height offers a solution to the residents of Kirants. Moreover, the wall reminds them of the harsh realities of the 90s when there was struggle and pain along with a vision to fortify the borders of the village.Today, the Azerbaijani flag is flying on a hilltop of the village. The residents can see and hear the Azerbaijani border gu...

Kirants

Haghtanak Nazaryan’s breast star: ‘Participant of 1992-1994 Military Operations’. 1994Nazik Armenakyan, Piruza KhalapyanHistorical res...

People

Nazik Armenakyan, Piruza Khalapyan I was twelve during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. My son is twelve now. I was exactly his age whe...

THE WALL

The Wall Nazik Armenakyan, Piruza Khalapyanhttps://youtu.be/CuoyzNCjEZw

A Window Home

Image: Hrayr Badalyan
Life in Artsakh had many layers: war and peace; development and fall; liberty and blockade; achievement and loss. In a life full of paradoxical contradictions, Artsakhians dared to be happy. But their happiness was fading away. Confinements gave little chances to be happy – power is back on; the rain falls in a downpour, which means that the Sarsang Reservoir will be filled with water...

Between Two Mountains

I visited Kapan once in the past five years, briefly passing through the town with no time to explore it. This time I had to take the ...

Reflections on the Future 

Anush, 21 Lack of confidence, uncertainty and fear for the future on the one hand, and optimism and determination among my peers on t...