A post-Soviet factory building in the middle of nowhere. Mind-altering music. Unexpected conversations. In vibrant, immersive prose, Levon Shant Ekmekjian describes his initiation into the Armenian underground music scene.

16 July 2022 | Azad Archives

Our Women on the Ground is divided into five parts: “Remembrances”, “Crossfire”, “Resilience”, “Exile”, and “Transition.”. Some feel like an obituary to a beloved husband and even to war. Some feel like letters to the backbones of Iraq, i.e., women, or to the cynical baba –father– who had a hard time accepting his daughter’s career. And many feel like testimonies, filled with guilt…

16 June 2022 | Paula Kjdrian

Narek Shamamyan is the founder of the first queer-friendly Armenian language school. A+ Academy is based in Yerevan and connects diasporans around the world with teachers in Armenia, building transnational community through learning.

24 May 2022 | Kristin Anahit Cass

When I was accepted into my graduate program, the first person I called was my mom. She had told me […]

26 April 2022 | Gareen Simone

Born into a family of academics, the British-Armenian artist, Ripsime never imagined that she would one day pursue a career […]

29 March 2022 | Hena Aposhian

Literature and time walk hand in hand. We’ve seen cultures grow and thrive through writings, and most of the time, […]

07 February 2022 | Paula Kjdrian

Growing up in Yerevan, Babken Sakanyan felt constrained, unable to explore their gender and artistic identities. When they moved to Berlin, they started to explore drag and other art forms. Eventually they were inspired by their drag character, Bala Bimbambum to create a world with no limits where they could explore all elements of Armenianness, queerness, art, drag, imagination, and expression.

19 January 2022 | Kristin Anahit Cass

On October 1st, 2021 Amassia Niziblian, a 21-year-old Armenian-Canadian artist, debuted her very first solo art exhibition at the Hay Art Cultural Center in downtown Yerevan. Her work draws from her personal diary, as well as her Armenian identity and her experience as a woman.

06 December 2021 | Hena Aposhian

The relationship between Armenian parents and their LGBTQ+ children often ends with a strained relationship or complete loss of family.  […]

30 July 2021 | Azad Archives

By: Alexandria Kazandjian To openly say I am a queer Armenian is a privilege I never thought I would have. […]

07 July 2021 | Azad Archives