Music: Virtuoso of duduk hits Hye notes; Djivan Gasparian plays the instrument in the manner it demands … from the heart
Friday, 30 November 1990
By Raffi Shoubookian It is believed that no other musical instrument is able to convey the emotions of the Armenian people so honestly and eloquently as the duduk, for it is purely Armenian, born in the early eons of Armenian history. And Djivan Gasparian is uncontestably the foremost dudukist of Armenia today. Because of its
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Converging destinies; Changes in Guerrilla Tactics Stir Ankara to Harden Fist on Rebel Kurds
Tuesday, 31 July 1990
By Raffi Shoubookian Their tragedy started in the aftermath of World War I. Despite the promises of the Allied Powers, despite President Woodrow Wilson’s plans for the self-determination of indigenous peoples conquered by the Ottoman Empire, and despite the stipulation regarding a national homeland set forth in the 1920 Treaty of Sevres, their territorial, political,
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