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BY CATHERINE YESAYAN This past year, as if the COVID-19 pandemic was not enough, the year 2020 brought to us, Armenians, other harrowing experiences. The disastrous August 4 explosion at the Port of Beirut dealt a major blow to Lebanese Armenians and later on, September 27, Azerbaijan launched military air attacks in Artsakh. During the six weeks of fierce fighting thousands of people were reported killed and many more were displaced from their homes. On March 22, I was on an airplane flying to Armenia and all these events were weighing on my mind. I was thinking of how I could get firsthand information and put into writing the horrific sufferings that Armenians endured in this calamitous year, when an opportunity presented itself. ....