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Raffi Khatchadourian

Raffi Khatchadourian became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 2008.

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10 picks · 2007–2021

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Surviving the Crackdown in Xinjiang
a reporter at large ·

As mass detentions and surveillance dominate the lives of China’s Uyghurs and Kazakhs, a woman struggles to free herself, Raffi Khatchadourian writes.

A Century of Silence
letter from turkey ·

Diyarbakir, Turkey, once at the center of the Armenian genocide, is trying to make amends. Raffi Khatchadourian reports from his grandfather’s home town.

The Chaos of the Dice
profiles ·

Raffi Khatchadourian profiles Falafel—real name, Matvey Natanzon—the highest-ranked backgammon player in the world.

Operation Delirium
a reporter at large ·

Decades after a risky Cold War experiment, a scientist lives with secrets.

Transfiguration
a reporter at large ·

How Dallas Wiens found a new face.

The Gulf War
a reporter at large ·

Raffi Khatchadourian writes about the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, and how the BP oil spill devastated the local environment.

The Taste Makers
annals of science ·

The secret world of the flavor factory.

The Kill Company
a reporter at large ·

Can one commander set the conditions for a massacre? Raffi Khatchadorian on Colonel Michael Steele’s murderous leadership in Operation Iron Triangle.

Neptune’s Navy
a reporter at large ·

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.

Azzam the American
a reporter at large ·

Raffi Khatchadourian on Adam Gadahn, a senior Al Qaeda operative—and the first American to be charged with treason in over fifty years.