Monthly Archives: November 2025

A Tribute to Simon Javizian: A Guardian of Our Music, Memory, and Community

A couple of days ago, we lost someone truly special: Simon Javizian, at the age of almost 92. To many, he was a musician, a funeral director, a storyteller, and a pillar of the Armenian community. To me, he was … Continue reading

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How Armenian Artists Are Responding to Displacement in 2024–2025

In the Armenian world, art has always been more than creative expression. It has been testimony. Survival. A thread tying one generation to the next. And in the last two years—following the mass displacement from Artsakh in 2023 and the … Continue reading

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