While the violence against Armenians has technically ceased, Armenian cultural sites are still under attack. This is not the first time Azerbaijan has attacked Armenia’s cultural heritage. As Christina Maranci of Tufts University and one of the Museum's esteemed academic advisors points out in her November 19th Wall Street Journal op-ed, “Between 1997 and 2006, as a decade-long investigation revealed last year, Azerbaijan deliberately wiped Nakhichevan clean of its Armenian culture, destroying more than 89 medieval churches, 5,840 khachkars (carved cross-stones), and 22,000 historical tombstones.”

To read Dr. Maranci's full op-ed, please visit: https://t.cn/A6GmS9cI

Image: (Wall Street Journal) A local resident kneels as he prays at the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, by Stanislav Krasilnikov/Zuma Press

The reason I forgive you is because you are not perfect.
You are imperfect,and so am I.
All humans are imperfect,even the man outside my apartment who litters.
When I was young,I wanted to be anybody but myself.
Dr.Bernard Hazelhof said if I was on a desert island then I would have to get used to my own company,
just me and the coconuts.
He said I would have to accept myself,my warts and all,
and that we don't get to choose our warts.
They are a part of us and we have to live with them.

The reason i forgive you is because you are not perfect.
You are imperfect,and so am i.
All humans are imperfect,even the man outside my apartment who litters.
When i was young,i wanted to be anybody but myself.
Dr Bernard Hazelhof said if i was on a desert island then i would have to get used to my own company – just me and the coconuts.