birth_place article_title name occupation
visalia , ca , united states markar melkonian
 markar melkonian writer state university , northridge , philosophy professor -lrb- phd -rrb- at california
markar melkonian

markar melkonian is an armenian -- american writer and a solidarity worker , resident in the united states .
melkonian 's book `` my brother 's road : an american 's fateful journey to armenia '' , details the life of his brother , monte melkonian , and his role in the struggle for armenian independence in the 1990s .
