The most important thing to remember about Syria is that the food there is so good. The Lebanese are marketing pros and big travellers (only 3 million of the 17 million Lebanese live in Lebanon), […]
GEORGES
Georges is 20 years old, with a contagious smile and a footballer’s haircut. No different to any of the thousands of 20-year-old Georges in the world, then. But this Georges was born and grew up […]
SOSSI
Sossi is the person in change of funds for poor and displaced Armenians in the town of Kamishli*. The accounts, written by hand, are kept down to the dollar. In a very, very thick lined […]
MICHAEL
Michaël is as handsome as a Greek god or a New York hipster. If he had grown up in Glendale (the town which is home to the most Armenians in the US, in the suburbs […]
YEVA
Yeva keeps the books for the three Armenian schools in Kamishli. She is young and pretty, sporting a leopard-print jumper that is right on trend (whatever my friend Barbara might say) and is typing on […]
