Manya Israyelyan

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Manya is a reporter, translator, and content writer based in Yerevan, Armenia. She contributes to regional and international publications and covers social, cultural, political, and human rights issu

Armenia

Armenia’s blind struggle to find a livelihood

by Manya Israyelyan

•5 min read

Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person in Armenia can be a difficult task. Rafayel Keveyan, 23, lives in Gavar, a small town east of Yerevan. He lost his sight at the age of four after being given the wrong drugs while being treated for measles. Along a journey that did not lack challenges, Rafayel found his passion in music and devoted himself to it. Rafayel began playing the piano at the age of seven; soon after, his parents sent him to a musical school.

Armenia

Armenia’s new plan: an economic revolution or empty promises?

by Manya Israyelyan

•7 min read

On 8 February, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan introduced the government’s ‘revolutionary economic programme’. The programme promised to create ‘radical economic growth’, but critics say it lacks substance, putting too much emphasis on the actions of the public. On 14 February, the ‘revolutionary’ programme extolled by Pashinyan was adopted by Parliament in an 88-40 vote. In his speech to Parliament, Pashinyan emphasised the main points of the programme, with a focus on nationa

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