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AN ARMENIAN STUDENT FROM LEBANON: "ONCE I WILL RETURN TO ARTSAKH AND STAY HERE FOREVER."
Karabakh-open.info
Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:37
20-year-old Armenian student from Lebanon Lale Bagratouni recalls
that she first visited Artsakh in 2002.
"When I first arrived in Artsakh with my mother I was very small
and knew very little about the Artsakh war and its heroes. During my
second visit and especially now I can hardly restrain my emotions.
When walking in Artsakh I feel that I am on my native land. Only
Diaspora representatives, forced to live far from their motherland,
will be able to understand me," the student of the Political Science
and International Relations Department of the American University of
Lebanon confesses.
Lale remembers that during her first visit there were notes on the
ruined buildings of Shoushi "Be careful, the building is in danger
of collapse." "Today there are no such notes in Shoushi, the town
has changed and got new appearance. The improvements of the latest
10 years are quite appreciable," Lale notes.
This time the Armenian student from Lebanon visited Artsakh within
the framework of the 10-day summer camp organized in Martouni by the
ARF youth union of Lebanon. According to her such camps are a good
chance for the Diaspora Armenian young people to get closer to their
native land and people.
"In Lebanon we often hear of the Artsakh war and heroes but only here
I saw that every family has its hero and victim. It is quite important
for us to see how Artsakh people live after the war. During these
ten days of camping we also tried to experience the life of Martouni
citizens," she says.
To the question what impression he has of Artsakh she answers with
a smile, "Isn't it clear?" and adds that she does not want to return
to Lebanon. She hopes to return here once and stay forever.
Karabakh-open.info
Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:37
20-year-old Armenian student from Lebanon Lale Bagratouni recalls
that she first visited Artsakh in 2002.
"When I first arrived in Artsakh with my mother I was very small
and knew very little about the Artsakh war and its heroes. During my
second visit and especially now I can hardly restrain my emotions.
When walking in Artsakh I feel that I am on my native land. Only
Diaspora representatives, forced to live far from their motherland,
will be able to understand me," the student of the Political Science
and International Relations Department of the American University of
Lebanon confesses.
Lale remembers that during her first visit there were notes on the
ruined buildings of Shoushi "Be careful, the building is in danger
of collapse." "Today there are no such notes in Shoushi, the town
has changed and got new appearance. The improvements of the latest
10 years are quite appreciable," Lale notes.
This time the Armenian student from Lebanon visited Artsakh within
the framework of the 10-day summer camp organized in Martouni by the
ARF youth union of Lebanon. According to her such camps are a good
chance for the Diaspora Armenian young people to get closer to their
native land and people.
"In Lebanon we often hear of the Artsakh war and heroes but only here
I saw that every family has its hero and victim. It is quite important
for us to see how Artsakh people live after the war. During these
ten days of camping we also tried to experience the life of Martouni
citizens," she says.
To the question what impression he has of Artsakh she answers with
a smile, "Isn't it clear?" and adds that she does not want to return
to Lebanon. She hopes to return here once and stay forever.