Gaya

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[EVN Report @evn_report]

Shirkets, once economic cooperatives in Lebanese refugee camps, have evolved into social networks for Armenian women across the Middle East. Gaya Balian explores their origins, transformation, and enduring role in fostering community, solidarity, and mutual support across generations and geographies.
Read: https://t.co/YcnPA9imRC

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@bennyjohnson The body language…

[EVN Report @evn_report]

The rise of Russian-speaking staff in Yerevan’s hospitality scene has sparked debates about linguistic privilege, cultural integration & Armenia’s post-Soviet identity. Gaya Balian explores how the shift impacts local communities & the balance of inclusivity & tradition.
Read: https://t.co/zNCkWkKSlr

[Farid Hobeiche @FarixHobeiche]

All Lebanese made it to America Got Talent

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@O_Decottignies I wish the embassy could respond to calls and emails :)

[Olivier Decottignies @O_Decottignies]

Grâce à Espoir pour l’Arménie, 420 enfants arméniens, dont 29 du Haut-Karabagh, sont parrainés par des familles françaises. J'ai eu le plaisir d'échanger à l'Ambassade de France avec ces parrains et marraines
➡️ Entre la France et l'Arménie, la solidarité est une réalité humaine

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@jchribuisson @histoiretv Joyeux anniversaire @jchribuisson ! Je vous remercie pour tout ce que vous faites pour l’Arménie 🇦🇲

[Robert Ananyan @robananyan]

I look at this bright young man when I walk along Saryan Street in #Yerevan. This young man, greeting passersby with a sincere and kind smile from a building, is Alen Margaryan. He's the hero of modern #Armenian youth, a very educated and art-loving boy who had travelled to 21 countries and was planning to continue his studies in the #USA.

However, 21-year-old Allen was killed during the 44-day war. Allen's bright smile makes me dream of having a time machine. If that miracle were real, I definitely wouldn't have allowed wars to happen. Those wars would not killed thousands of bright Armenian and #Azerbaijani youngers.

Unfortunately, the enmity has deepened so much that it has blinded the nations with hatred. Over the years, the societies of both countries began to perceive the sacrifices of young lives as normal. However, this brutal process is abnormal.

We have not yet understood that by waging wars and killing each other for decades, we are depriving humanity of talented young people. We are losing valuable specialists, bright brains, philosophers, directors, writers, and artists.

"War is the best lover in the world. it always steals the best people," said Alen Margaryan, who himself became a victim of the 44-day war.

21-year-old Allen had already managed to love literature, and filmmaking, and achieved some success. The fairy tales written by him have also been performed in theatres. And surely, Allen's fairy tales will become bestsellers in #Armenia, but without his physical presence. Each of the fairy tales has a clear message: to be hardworking, not to be greedy, to end cruelty.

However, this message did not apply to Allen and the thousands of young men who fell victim to the brutal war. Allen was a great lover of reading and books. He created his library and loved to give and receive books. He was a great lover of art and education, and at the age of 21, he managed to travel to the cities of 21 countries, visit hundreds of bookstores, museums, and galleries, and be in places of interest. His desire to know the world was limitless.

Allen had a big dream to change the world and make it better. As he observed, "The meaning of life is in the belief in a better tomorrow." He studied at the Faculty of Directing of the Pedagogical University of Armenia and took on the role of director of four documentaries. Two of them, the films "Greens" and "Taraz" were filmed for the Smithsonian Institution to present Armenian culture to the world.

After graduating from university with a red diploma, the next step in achieving his great goal of changing the world and making it better was to continue his studies abroad. With brilliant knowledge and his own unique worldview, Allen, who speaks four languages, was admitted to Boston University in 2020 with a double master's program in Social Work and Educational Administration, impressing the management of #Boston University.

However, Allen did not go to the United States to study because he had to go for mandatory military service. He was on the battlefield for four days and died on September 30, 2020. If there were no wars, our world would be smarter, more colourful, and happier. However, coming to the consciousness of living in peace is a difficult process. People's thinking should be changed, and the sufferings and pains of childless mothers should be alleviated. It takes time and is difficult work.

Unfortunately, military-patriotic pathos is more understandable and beloved in today's societies of Armenia and #Azerbaijan. Discourses about establishing peace are perceived as treason. If you refuse to support the resolution to resolve issues by war, you are targeted, and accused of acting in favor of the enemy.

Pathos patriotism sometimes reaches suffocating proportions. It is the way to achieve peace that will bring happiness to #Armenians and #Azerbaijanis. We must spare each other's young lives. Allen could have become the greatest talented director. I am sure there are talented young people in Azerbaijan as well, who are also not alive today.

The wounds of war and enmity will heal if we stop blaming each other, stop looking for culprits, and understand that real peace is our common interest. I would like to ask you not to consider this post of mine in the context of today's political processes and not to manipulate it. Users promoting war, calling for violence, and spreading hatred will be blocked.

[Olivier Decottignies @O_Decottignies]

Word of the day.

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@artasovor_ Amazing initiative!!

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@NasimiAghayev Loll Az who imports weapons from Israel and Turkey, uses white phosphorus illegally, carries out war crimes, hires Syrian mercenaries, …

[Kegham Balian @kbalian90]

Կեցցէ Հայ Երուսաղէմը։

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@hamza_wareh Speech could’ve been an email

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@hamza_wareh Shit is getting real

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@hrw Where were you during the 9 months of blockade and humanitarian crisis in Artsakh/ Nagorno-Karabakh? All you’ve done is spread misleading information about the situation

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@hrw What is wrong with your fact checker? Az did NOT retake control of anything because Artsakh/NK never was their land! Also, they were NOT driven by fear but of ethnic cleansing.

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

@vonderleyen Meanwhile finances terrorists who are “trustworthy partners”

[Fin de Pencier @finlookedintoit]

I don’t ever want to hear again that Armenia got what it deserved because it’s a Russian ally. Russia clearly decided to lean into its Azeri relationship over the last three years and leave Armenians in the dust. International observers are finally realizing this.

[Gaya @gayaabalian]

Yet again the world is silent. I hope that I don't see any activists/politicians/organizations/journalists speaking of human rights. They are frauds and hypocrites.