On Thursday, March 6, over 80 people gathered for a special presentation at AGBU offices in Manhattan by Zaven Khanjian entitled, “A Modern Journey through Historic Armenia.”
Presented by AGBU Young Professionals of Greater New York, the multimedia presentation included an extensive display of slides, music and video from his 18-day trip. Khanjian was joined by his wife, Sona Khanjian, for part of the presentation.
Beginning in Istanbul, Khanjian traveled through Anatolia to the historical Armenian kingdom of Cilicia, then up through Lake Van to the medieval city of Ani and finally to the Black Sea region. During his trip, he documented the emotional experience of encountering his ancestral home and seeing the land that shaped his family for generations. He met Muslim Armenians (known as Hamshen) and discovered abandoned Armenian churches not found in the guide books.
After the event, guests were invited to speak to the author and purchase copies of the author’s Armenian-language book, Ays Dune Kugt E Te Ims? Ukhdaknatsutiun tebi Arevmdahayasdan, Giligia yev Bolis, Orakri Echer [Is This Home Yours or Mine?: Pilgrimage to Western Armenia, Cilicia and Constantinople, Pages from My Diary] (Los Angeles, 2007).
Copies of Is This Home Yours or Mine? can be obtained by emailing the author directly.
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Raffi // April 2, 2008 at 9:57 am |
This is very inspiring!