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Mathieu Lemoine

Mathieu Lemoine is a graduate of the Strasbourg Institute of Political Studies who has lived and worked across Central Asia, South-East Europe and Eastern Europe. His interests include democratisation, human rights, and the reconstruction of national identities since the fall of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. Outside his work, he is interested in music and languages, collects CDs from around the world, and has a fondness for traditional national hats acquired during his travels.

Under Aragats: Armenia’s Ezidis and the Quiet Work of Belonging

Mathieu Lemoine

Beyond Armenia’s monasteries and geopolitical headlines lies another story: Ezidi villages beneath Mount Aragats, where memory, faith and rural life shape an enduring sense of belonging. Mathieu Lemoine travels from Shamiram to…