“Though it's challenging,  I make every effort to stay optimistic and inspire hope in others.  I encourage my relatives, sisters, and parents who have arrived from Nagorno-Karabakh not to lose hope, as despair is a bad friend.”

Aruna, a native of Nagorno-Karabakh with an Indian name: "Do not lose hope; despair is a bad friend."


Every single day, the threads of memory weave a path back to Shosh, a village in Nagorno-Karabakh, where Karine Aghasyan was forced to leave behind the most precious thing imaginable: her husband's grave.


With the Threads of Memory: from Norapat to Shosh


Nina Shahverdyan and Hetq Media Factory student Ani Balayan shot this documentary several months before the Azerbaijani aggression on September 19, 2023, while they were still in Artsakh. During that period, the Artsakh Armenians were starving under siege for months. Due to recent developments, Ani had to edit this video quickly, changing the original script.


Ani Balayan

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