Noushig Dikran

Esoteric Quandary

Noushig is a friend and originally from Syria but of Armenian descent. The minority group migrated south to the desert after the establishment of what is modern-day Turkey under Attaturk. In this region, the community began to build their life up in the Arab world, and some like Noushig even assimilated into the culture and speech of the region. In 2011 during the times of the Arab Spring, the world looked on as regimes around the region were toppled. Syria was different in that its leader would do whatever it took to remain in power. Most Syrians, including Noushig, did not believe that the Arab Spring would reach their country. This podcast is a personal account of grit and determination to get out of a civil war in a country at all costs. Noushig traveled from Aleppo to Damascus and into Lebanon, finally ending up in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous region of Iraq of the Kurdish people. Little did she know that ISIS was now on the move from Syria, where they established themselves and pushed into the city of Mosul in 2014. This story is one of the best I have had on the podcast and a true inspiration to folks feeling down and out on their luck. Good things come to those who wait.