Letisya Şakaryan

A story stretching from “Legacy of the Lion Woman” to the ancestral homeland

4 November 2026

Writer Arlene Avakian was in Istanbul

A story stretching from “Legacy of the Lion Woman” to the ancestral homeland

Writer and academic Arlene Voski Avakian, a guest in the Hrant Dink Foundation’s conversation series “Ancestral Journeys: Reflections on Land and Belonging,” spoke about the story of 1915 she heard from her grandmother, her evolving relationship with her family history over the years, and how her visits to Turkey have changed her.

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