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The Rifles Our Ancestors Didn’t Have

The Rifles Our Ancestors Didn’t Have is a multi-instillation performance art piece aiming to raise awareness of the unprovoked aggression and destruction currently waged by Azerbaijan and its closest ally, Turkey, against the Armenian enclave of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh. 

Photo Credit: @ Jake Photography
Photo Credit: @ Jake Photography

“We hope to engage the global community, which has remained mostly silent about these blatant attacks, particularly the United States” explained Adrineh Baghdassarian, co-founder of She Loves Collective. Fellow co-founder, Nelly Achkhen Sarkissian, elaborates- “This performance comments on the strength and resilience of the Armenian people who survived a genocide carried out by the Ottoman Turks in 1915. We will express the unbreakable will power of the Armenians; we currently find ourselves fighting against the heirs to the very same empire which attempted to wiped us off the face of the earth at the beginning of the 20th century.”  

Photo Credit: @ Hilma Photography
Photo Credit: @ Hilma Photography

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