Raffi Khatchadourian
Raffi Khatchadourian became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 2008.
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Diyarbakir, Turkey, once at the center of the Armenian genocide, is trying to make amends. Raffi Khatchadourian reports from his grandfather’s home town.
Raffi Khatchadourian profiles Falafel—real name, Matvey Natanzon—the highest-ranked backgammon player in the world.
Decades after a risky Cold War experiment, a scientist lives with secrets.
How Dallas Wiens found a new face.
Raffi Khatchadourian writes about the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, and how the BP oil spill devastated the local environment.
The secret world of the flavor factory.
Can one commander set the conditions for a massacre? Raffi Khatchadorian on Colonel Michael Steele’s murderous leadership in Operation Iron Triangle.
Raffi Khatchadourian on Paul Watson, the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a vigilante organization he founded to protect the world’s marine life from the destructive habits and the voracious appetites of humankind.
Raffi Khatchadourian on Adam Gadahn, a senior Al Qaeda operative—and the first American to be charged with treason in over fifty years.