— says Nata, who has lived through two major wars, the loss of loved ones and an extremely complex operation, and has now been cut off from the world for 52 days in the Artsakh town of Martuni — yet an extraordinary love of life comes through in her every word.
· 23 min
In Shushi, which passed to Azerbaijan after the 2020 war, the violinist Kima left her home and her son’s grave. Evacuated to Yerevan, she did not want to stay there. Last year she ran away from the luxurious life in Beirut that a former pupil had arranged for her. Now Kima lives in Stepanakert, in a care home. It was her own wish: “I feel that my son’s soul is here.”
· 20 min
“If I were a good mother, I would have put my children in a children’s home when they were small.”
Meri and her two children with disabilities will be evicted at the end of May from their thirteenth rented home. For two decades, she tried unsuccessfully to wrest an apartment from the state. Now Meri has organized a fundraiser and believes that, with the help of people who care, she will finally be able to find a home.
· 22 min
“The man who had beaten me for years had complained to the police that I was beating my child.”
Sirarpi left her husband, who beat her throughout their seven years of marriage, and is now fighting for her rights to her child in court. Against her are her ex-husband, the law enforcement system and the guardianship authorities.
· 42 min
What can save a blind, skinny, aggressive dog with a malignant tumour, doomed to a slow death? For example, the knack of being in the right place at the right time — and in front of the right people.
· 33 min
Stage-four bilateral breast cancer, two months left to live — that was the diagnosis the oncologist gave Naira. Two and a half years later, doctor and patient met at a conference on oncology.
· 31 min
Azatui, whose name means ‘free,’ spent 26 years held captive by her own husband. But she managed to escape, undergo rehabilitation at the Support Center for Women Who Have Experienced Violence, and begin a different life.
· 52 min
My first impulse when I need to show support is to take someone’s hand. Not to hug them, but specifically to take their hand in mine. It is as though I am reliving my childhood betrayal and, late though it may be, still making a different, right choice.
· 19 min
There are no borders anymore. There are mountains shrouded in fog, burning houses and villages that life has left behind. The only inhabitants of this zone of emptiness are cats and dogs that became strays overnight. We went to the villages in eastern Karabakh to see them one last time: the day before—and the day after the end.
· 33 min
Childhood memories of the massacre in Baku in 1990.
· 22 min
It is hard to talk openly about depression, just as it is hard to admit to yourself that you have it. I, too, spent a long time putting off that oppressive prospect — telling myself I was stuck and needed help. I followed the classic path of denial, despair, acceptance and fighting for my life. It is one of those roads you are unlikely ever to leave behind for good, but if I managed to learn to live and be happy all over again, then things are not so bad.
· 24 min
“An animal has only one tense—the present. A dog doesn’t understand ‘putting up with it.’”
From his earliest years, he refused to fight in dogfights. At eight, he caught neurological distemper. “About time,” his owners decided, and threw the useless dog out onto the street. But on trembling legs, Bassit hobbled into the right yard and chose a new life for himself. And lived it long and wonderfully.
· 43 min
Obstetric aggression is physical or psychological violence inflicted on a woman in the context of childbirth. Many women do not know that their rights are being violated, just as many gynecologists and obstetric practitioners do not know it either.
· 25 min
Somewhere out there walks a person who changed the world with a single breakfast.
· 59 min
Arev longs for a miracle to happen one day, for her little girl to start walking and smiling. And for her always to have her medicines. She can handle everything else.
· 30 min
When her parents beat Ada, she ran away from home, went to the police and asked people for help. And in doing so, she helped not only herself.
· 25 min
The diary of a therapy dog that was written randomly in bits and pieces, being constantly interrupted by the cat climbed the dog to sleep on its back, by passers-by who had to be barked upon from the window, by delicious smells from the kitchen that infiltrated the nose and dissipated the remaining thoughts, and so on.
· 47 min
Notes from a dog everyone said should be put to sleep
· 37 min
What is better for children — an orphanage or a mother attached to them, whose ineptitude to be a parent, however, can lead to sad consequences? One solution could be a crisis center for parents and children in difficult life situations, but in Armenia no such center exists.
· 32 min
I live in imaginary worlds from books. All characters are either knights or villains. It’s easy to distinguish the villains: they feature a stern face with a fierce look, and always wear dark clothes. But it turns out that in the real world even a villain can wear a soft smile and a light shirt.
· 22 min
Bim is no more
· 24 min
Throughout the year she spent in Armenia, Eva has been subjected to sexual harassment many times, including one rape attempt. She decided not to keep silent — and got many people surprised
· 23 min
