A majority of Armenia’s population still lives in Soviet-built apartments; many have worn-out Soviet automobiles, television sets, refrigerators, washing machines, gas stoves, faucets and locks.
We will be presenting a series of interviews with Armenian and Azerbaijani refugees. Some are people who have not throughout these years been able to normalize their lives and adapt to new conditions. Others have managed to find a way to survive.
When I woke up in the morning Osman’s entire family was there to greet the guest from the neighboring country. He lived with his mother and father, his sister, and her two-year-old son. The table was laid in the living room and everybody was waiting for breakfast. By now the manifestations of hospitality that had seemed too much the day before were becoming usual and quite different doubts began to emerge in me - like, for example, whether...