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| Kim Kardashian frenzy is gripping Armenia’s capital, where the American reality TV star has attracted support from government officials and intellectuals for the global attention she has brought to the Armenian genocide, in the run-up to its centenary. | Kim Kardashian frenzy is gripping Armenia’s capital, where the American reality TV star has attracted support from government officials and intellectuals for the global attention she has brought to the Armenian genocide, in the run-up to its centenary. |
| Crowds have maintained a vigil outside the luxury hotel in Republic square where Kardashian is staying with her daughter North, sister Khloe and husband, the rapper Kanye West. They have emerged for excursions that underline family links with the Kardashians’ ancestral homeland – and to shoot episodes for Kim’s hugely popular show. | Crowds have maintained a vigil outside the luxury hotel in Republic square where Kardashian is staying with her daughter North, sister Khloe and husband, the rapper Kanye West. They have emerged for excursions that underline family links with the Kardashians’ ancestral homeland – and to shoot episodes for Kim’s hugely popular show. |
| I am sure Turkey is having nightmares. Some there said Kim Kardashian is the latest weapon the Armenians are using | I am sure Turkey is having nightmares. Some there said Kim Kardashian is the latest weapon the Armenians are using |
| On Sunday a narrow street in the centre of the capital was blocked as fans gathered at an upmarket restaurant where she and her entourage were lunching, guarded by police. | On Sunday a narrow street in the centre of the capital was blocked as fans gathered at an upmarket restaurant where she and her entourage were lunching, guarded by police. |
| Images of Friday’s visit to the Genocide Memorial have now been seen around the world, with Kim in a red jumpsuit, standing with head bowed at the eternal flame honouring the 1.5m victims of the mass atrocity that began in Istanbul in 1915. | |
| Local media displayed pictures of Khloe wearing the purple forget-me-not badge that has been produced for the centenary events, and of Kim donning a lacy black veil to enter a monastery. On Sunday she went for a figure-hugging white outfit. | Local media displayed pictures of Khloe wearing the purple forget-me-not badge that has been produced for the centenary events, and of Kim donning a lacy black veil to enter a monastery. On Sunday she went for a figure-hugging white outfit. |
| On Saturday the sisters visited Gyumri, near the long-closed border with Turkey, home to the first Kardashians to make it to the US. Journalists are being kept away but fans are being constantly updated by Twitter and Instagram. | On Saturday the sisters visited Gyumri, near the long-closed border with Turkey, home to the first Kardashians to make it to the US. Journalists are being kept away but fans are being constantly updated by Twitter and Instagram. |
| Related: Star-struck Armenians try to keep up with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West | Related: Star-struck Armenians try to keep up with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West |
| The Kardashians have also met Armenia’s prime minister, Hovik Abrahamyan, and apologised for not speaking the language. According to a government statement they also “pledged to continue the struggle for international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian genocide”. | The Kardashians have also met Armenia’s prime minister, Hovik Abrahamyan, and apologised for not speaking the language. According to a government statement they also “pledged to continue the struggle for international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian genocide”. |
| Armenians are certainly keeping up with the Kardashians and government officials and others are delighted at the publicity the celebrity family are generating in the runup to 24 April, the date when the Ottoman authorities rounded up hundreds of Armenian intellectuals as a prelude to the mass deportations and killings that followed. | Armenians are certainly keeping up with the Kardashians and government officials and others are delighted at the publicity the celebrity family are generating in the runup to 24 April, the date when the Ottoman authorities rounded up hundreds of Armenian intellectuals as a prelude to the mass deportations and killings that followed. |
| “Kim Kardashian came to pay tribute to the victims, and she has millions of followers,” the minister for the diaspora, Hranush Hakobyan, told the Guardian. “If she writes or says anything it is amazing PR for us. Most people don’t even know where Armenia is.” | “Kim Kardashian came to pay tribute to the victims, and she has millions of followers,” the minister for the diaspora, Hranush Hakobyan, told the Guardian. “If she writes or says anything it is amazing PR for us. Most people don’t even know where Armenia is.” |
| Vahram Ter-Matevosyan, a historian, said: “At the beginning people were uncomfortable with the Kardashian visit; after all, this is a conservative society. But Armenia has never been discussed in the mainstream media like this before. This discourse shows that Armenian identity is still alive. | Vahram Ter-Matevosyan, a historian, said: “At the beginning people were uncomfortable with the Kardashian visit; after all, this is a conservative society. But Armenia has never been discussed in the mainstream media like this before. This discourse shows that Armenian identity is still alive. |
| “I am sure Turkey is having nightmares about it. Some there said that Kim Kardashian was the latest weapon the Armenians are using. Once she leaves, she will be missed.” | “I am sure Turkey is having nightmares about it. Some there said that Kim Kardashian was the latest weapon the Armenians are using. Once she leaves, she will be missed.” |