Armenia’s Divided Yezidis
Ortachiya, Aragatsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
As mentioned earlier, Geographical will be publishing an article and photos by yours truly on Yezidis in Armenia, the division within the community regarding Kurdish identity, and the work of academics researching the largest minority in the country in their January 2008 issue.
The physical version of the magazine is apparently going to the printers tomorrow. Until the article and photos are out or up online, some previous articles on the Yezidis in Armenia are at the following URLs:
http://www.oneworld.am/journalism/articles/yezidi.html
http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=325045&apc_state=henh
As always, my interviews on Yezidis in Armenia since 1998 are at:
And there’s lots of coverage on this blog too:
Pain…
Comment by Armen Filadelfiatsi — November 24, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
I laughed so much with the interview of Aziz Tamoyan
Thank you for your work, I don’t even know how you remain calm and patient with such lunatics
I translated a “best of” for my french blog
http://istanbuldakitom.blogspot.com/2007/12/lunit-kurde-est-mal-barre.html
thank you again
Comment by thomas — December 3, 2007 @ 6:40 pm