Oct 23, 2015

Photos on the sidelines of a cross-border South Caucasus media workshop in Luxor, Egypt

Luxor, Egypt © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Late last month through to the beginning of this one I was in Egypt to present for and facilitate a cross-border workshop for journalists and analysts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia as well as the disputed territories of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno Karabakh.

The meeting, convened by the International Center on Conflict and Negotiation (ICCN) and Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) took place Hurghada, but on our free day at the every end of the workshop we did manage to get to Luxor.

Unfortunately, I didn’t pack my proper camera gear and travelled light with my tiny Nikon V1. Obviously, Egypt has an incredible history, but also some incredibly photogenic kids as well.

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MediaChecker.Ge

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Since the beginning of January I’ve been contributing to MediaChecker, a Georgian language media and digital literacy platform in Tbilisi run by a very capable team of local journalists under editor-in-chief George Gogua, a media professional that I’ve known for over 10 years now. Its mission statement is below.

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“In War,” as the saying goes, “truth is the first casualty.” 

While the source of that quote is often contested, what isn’t is that it applies to every single war fought in living memory and probably before. As almost everyone knows, it was definitely the case during last year’s fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh.

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