41-year-old armenologist Mohammad Malek-Mohammadi is teaching Armenian students Persian more than two years. He came to Armenia from the city Esfahan in Islamic Republic of Iran on the basis of interstates agreements and lives in Yerevan with his wife and daughter.

Mohammad learned Armenian in both countries in Iran and in Armenia. But Master’s and PhD Associate Professor’s degree he has got in Armenia studying in Yerevan State University.

“My hometown has been the state Chalmahal. In accursed times Armenians moved Persia and lived mostly in Chalmahal. From my childhood I’ve been interested in Armenians, in their life, I’ve read fairtales in which some parts were about Armenians. And finally I chose armenology as the way of my life”, says Mohammad.

Now he is teaching Persian in Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov and in Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University. He has about 300 students who are studying Persian as the second and the third language.

Mohammad mentions that, unfortunately, nowadays many youngsters are not interested in science.

“It depends on students. If they study hard they can become good specialists having their investment in Armenian-Persian relationships”, says Iranian armenologist.

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19 year-old Mariam Saghatelyan is from the US, California. She is in her homeland Armenia over 5 years. Mariam moved out of the country with her family when she was 5, but as her parents love their homeland too much, they moved back to Armenia.

“It was very different than what I was used to. I felt like I was in another world because I had never seen this part of it before”, says Mariam.

As Mariam says, she was shocked of these differences. First, when she stepped out of the Airport, she saw so many homeless people begging for money, that she made up her mind of Armenia being a poverty-stricken country. On the way home from the Airport, she was scared for her life in the taxi. The driving was awful. Each day she would find something new that bothered her.

“I didn’t like going out because it felt like people were going to a funeral, dressed in black, with sad expressions on their faces”.

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“The biggest treasure of Armenia is its nature,” says 22-year-old Hana Křížková who is Czech by nationality. She is a member of Federation of Youth Clubs of Armenia and works in Naregatsi Art Institute.

The first moment when she stood in Armenian ground was September 24, 2012. The reason of coming to Armenia was to face to some different culture. The idea of coming to this country wasn’t hers but of “United Games of Nations” as the previous volunteers who saw Armenia “fell in love with it”.

“The first impression though wasn’t so good because of the situation that happened to me: the organization that sent me to Armenia forgot me at the airport and I didn’t know where to go and what to do,” she says.

“I was sitting in front of the airport for three hours and the flat where I supposed to live instead of Slovakian volunteers I met a group of drunk men but fortunately things started to be better”.

Later when she got to know Armenians better she was amazed by their hospitality.

“I wouldn’t like to say Czech are not hospitable but they don’t care about foreigners as much as Armenians do, we are able to help them but in Armenia the help includes food, drinks, entertainment and they sometimes help with asylum”.

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