
By Nouritza Matossian
Born April 26, 1944, died August 6, 2025
Ruth Keshishian’s heart beat to the polyrhythms of Cyprus and Armenia. Her brilliant mind encompassed different disciplines and structures driven by her thirst for knowledge and truth.
She was the singular expert on ancient, mediaeval and modern history, geography, geology, flora and fauna, ethnography, politics, architecture, art, literature and oral poetry of the island. The width and depth of