Grandma’s Tattoos recently screened in EgyptApril 26, 2013 - 10:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - April is a month to remember for Armenians around the world, Egyptian Al-Ahram website says in a publication titled “Surviving the Genocide.” Two years away from the centenary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, documentary filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian thought of finding out about the fate of the Armenian women who were deported out of Ottoman Turkey into the deserts of Syria and how they survived the Genocide. During her recent visit to Egypt, Khardalian talked about her documentary Grandma’s Tattoos, produced in 2011, which was screened for community members, revealing the reasons she decided to go through the journey of her family, through the mysterious tattoos of her grandmother Khanum, Al-Ahram says. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |