Skip to content
Apply
Stories

What is going to happen to ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh?

An ethnic Armenian boy from Nagorno-Karabakh, looks on from a car upon arrival in Armenia’s Goris, the town in Syunik region, Armenia, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.

Although Emin Abrahamian was born in the United States, he learned Armenian before he learned English. He went to an Armenian elementary school in a Boston suburb, visited Armenia multiple times and joined the Armenian Student Association of Northeastern University as soon as his first semester of college had started.

Abrahamian, 21, who will graduate in May with a degree in bioengineering, says that a lot of people get surprised when they hear that his parents grew up in Iran, where his father’s family lived for generations in the predominantly Armenian town of Nor Jugha (or New Julfa) and where his mother’s family escaped to from Eastern Turkey during the Armenian genocide.

Like other members of the international Armenian diaspora, Abrahamian has been focused for the last week on the news coming out of Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region in Azerbaijan about the size of Rhode Island populated by ethnic Armenians. “These past few days have really been tough for all diasporans,” he says.

Continue reading at Northeastern Global News.

More Stories

YouTuber Mr. Beast leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of the tunnel prior to an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 in Tampa, Fla.

From the Ice Bucket Challenge to MrBeast — does ‘stunt philanthropy’ make the world a better place?

11.28.2023
Photo of the 2023 “Dialogue of Civilizations: Geneva

Geneva is the hub of world politics and Northeastern students are there learning how negotiations happen on a global scale

11.27.2023
A woman from the Indigenous people community speaks during a rally titled 'March to End Fossil Fuels' in New York City.

Mainstream environmental nonprofits get the most philanthropic support, at the expense of diverse organizations, research says

11.29.23
Northeastern Global News