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September 15, 2024

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[ September 13, 2024 ] ANCA welcomes Capitol Hill hearing on Azerbaijan’s human rights abuses ANCA News
[ September 13, 2024 ] Second Annual Kerr Family Lecture to be held at UCLA Diaspora
[ September 13, 2024 ] USC Institute of Armenian Studies to host multidisciplinary symposium on Artsakh Diaspora
[ September 13, 2024 ] Representative Grace Meng to be honored with ANCA Eastern Region Freedom Award ANCA News
[ September 12, 2024 ] US Helsinki Commission hearing spotlights Azerbaijan’s aggression against Armenia ANCA News

Fiction

Rebecca’s Window

On a Saturday morning, April 13, 1974 to be exact, a thought came to me to visit my maternal grandparents, Simon and Rebecca Tekirian. I had nothing planned that day, and sometimes an unplanned Saturday [...]
Culture

St. Khach chapel, pilgrimage site of Khachverats

The population of Gavar city and the nearby villages of the Gegharkunik province of Armenia assemble annually at St. Khach chapel in the first month of autumn to celebrate Khachverats, the Feast of the Exaltation [...]
Culture

The Medz Mamas podcast honors Armenian grandmothers

Anoush Bargamian and I connected through her Instagram page. I reached out and wanted to honor my grandmother, Elmon Piligian Mouradian, on her podcast The Medz Mamas. The podcast was fabulous to do, and it [...]
History

“I smell smoke”: the continuing destruction of Armenian cultural sites

“I smell cigarette smoke,” one of my travel companions noted. That was the moment I knew that we should not linger any longer. We had been warned twice on the way up the hillside not [...]
Poetry

Measuring depth with the drop of a stone at Dudan Gorge

We gather around the gash in the earth Called Dudan/Duda/Yudan Dere To commune with the dead Through time and space By measuring depth with the drop of a stone. We release one into the gorge/gouge [...]

Youth Opinion

Heads in the dirt

Hundreds, even thousands, of men’s heads sticking out of the ground in the scorching heat. Women bashing their heads on rocks to lose their beauty in hopes of escaping violation. Children forcefully separated from their [...]

Armenia and Azerbaijan spar over Pashinyan’s proposal for interim treaty

International Association of Genocide Scholars passes resolution on Artsakh

Luis Moreno Ocampo issues open letter to Armenians

The day after Detroit wins the AYF Olympics

Armenian government pushing to ratify border deal with Azerbaijan

The Caucasus

The Region in Brief

Diaspora

Hearing will address the right of Artsakh Armenians to return to their indigenous homeland ANCA welcomes Capitol Hill hearing on Azerbaijan’s human rights abuses

Exclusive interview with Luis Moreno Ocampo

Rebecca’s Window

St. Khach chapel, pilgrimage site of Khachverats

The Medz Mamas podcast honors Armenian grandmothers

“I smell smoke”: the continuing destruction of Armenian cultural sites

Measuring depth with the drop of a stone at Dudan Gorge

Voices

The faces of being serious while searching for happiness

Opinion

A Russian national to represent Armenia in Miss Universe 2024

Special Reports

"If the Nagorno-Karabakh genocide is not discussed at COP29, Armenia will be next" Exclusive interview with Luis Moreno Ocampo

Heads in the dirt

Communities across borders: A journey in Javakhk

Regional ARF youth meeting held in Argentina

In memory of Narek Stepanyan

A week in Daragyugh: A journey of heartfelt connections and lasting impact

St. Khach chapel, pilgrimage site of Khachverats

The Medz Mamas podcast honors Armenian grandmothers

Mer Herosner shares Armenian history with a new generation

Jack Jr. celebrates his Mexican-Armenian background through comedy

Jean Gulbenkian on more than 50 years of stamp collecting

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