Armenian food community supports the fight in Azerbaijan

Armenian restaurateurs in Los Angeles are donating profits, using social media, feeding protesters and doing what they can to bring attention to the deadly conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • October 11, 2020
Early on the morning of Sept. 30, Armen Martirosyan’s mother came to him with some news. Cousins in Armenia were joining the fight against Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. The territory, a mountainous area a little larger than Rhode Island,...
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