Hello from Luxembourg!

[Nozir]

I am Nozir Kavanian, genetically half Uzbek (mother) and half Armenian (father). New to this forum. Was born in Yerevan and grew up in Berlin/Germany. So I´d say pretty multinational, hey? Despite I no longer hold an Armenian passport, I stil feel bound to my country of birth and hope to find interesting reads in this forum

[TomServo]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

Willkommen/Bienvenue/բարի գալուստ/Xush kelibsiz!

[Siggie]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

Welcome Nozir! Are you still in Germany? We have a few members who are also in Europe.

[Mos]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

Interesting Mix! What religion are you, out of curiosity? Welcome!

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

What religion are you, out of curiosity?

And if you happen to answer atheist, what Mos will also want to know is "but, are you an Armenian Apostolic atheist, or an Uzbek Muslim atheist, or a German Catholic (or Protestant) atheist"?

Welcome anyway.

[MrHyeSev]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

Welcome to the Forum Nozir

[Mos]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

And if you happen to answer atheist, what Mos will also want to know is "but, are you an Armenian Apostolic atheist, or an Uzbek Muslim atheist, or a German Catholic (or Protestant) atheist"?

Welcome anyway.

Why can't I ask a simple question without you taking over?

[Artashes]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

I am Nozir Kavanian, genetically half Uzbek (mother) and half Armenian (father). New to this forum. Was born in Yerevan and grew up in Berlin/Germany. So I´d say pretty multinational, hey? Despite I no longer hold an Armenian passport, I stil feel bound to my country of birth and hope to find interesting reads in this forum

Welcome Nozir.
I'm Artashes, born in southern California, in 1949.
Many years ago in my youth in high school, I had two friends that were both high school buddy's but also surfing companions , actually constant surfing companions.
Their names were ,Lauren & Fred (Frederic) Stassart. They were originally from Belgium.
Lauren and I were dear friends.
Your being in the Benelux area brought back memories.
Hope your stay in Leuxemberg is as pleasant as my friendship with Lauren of Belgium.
Artashes

[Nozir]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

Hello Hello!
Thank you everybody for your welcome. Yes in deed, my “curriculum vitae” is a bit uncommon, for sure….
My religion? I personally think in general that this is first of all something private. I have learnt that religion caused and still causes too much of killing and troubles in this world, so I don´t walk around and preach and pray and try to convince people to follow “my” god. Its not good. But I´ll answer your question:
As mentioned I was born in Yerevan, my dad (Armenian Christian) and my mother (originally Uzbek, and yes she was originally a muslim) fell in love in Armenia and married and produced 2 kids, one of them was obviously me.
When I was at the age of 8, we where allowed to live in Germany, where I learned German, joined the school and finished the German Gymnasium with my “Abitur”. I studied mechanical engineering in Germany, am holding a German passport and have to say that I like Germany, I feel bound to it. I feel German – but I also feel Armenian out of my heart, this is my root, this is where I come from. Donno if you can understand that, it’s a bit of a strange feeling.
Regarding religion, my parents did never educate me in a certain direction, it was never really important. I do not belong to any religious group formally, despite I feel and live as Christian.

[Haykakan]

Re: Hello from Luxembourg!

Welcome aboard Nozir. I hope you enjoy it here and that you will contribute by making some interesting posts.