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September 23, 2019

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[ September 22, 2019 ] Joe Biden Calls for U.S. Senate and House Passage of Armenian Genocide Resolution ANCA News
[ September 19, 2019 ] Yerevan to Host Annual ‘Teach For All’ Global Conference News
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[ September 19, 2019 ] Watertown to Celebrate a Legend: Hovhannes Toumanian Community
[ September 18, 2019 ] Armenian Caucus Leaders Appointed to Conference Panel Considering Pro-Peace Sherman and Chu Amendments ANCA News

History

Frances Willard: Armenia’s Angel on Capitol Hill

Inside the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., each state is represented by a statue of its most honored citizen. While most of the 50 states have chosen men to represent [...]
Music

The Mystic and the Priest: The Gurdjieff Ensemble Performs Komitas

At first blush, it may seem like an odd pairing: Gurdjieff and Komitas. The father of modern Armenian music, Komitas Vartabed the itinerant priest who recorded thousands of Armenian ballads before the onslaught of the [...]
Literary Corner

The Making of ‘Under the Light of the Moon’

As a young Armenian American attending a public school in Cranston, Rhode Island, it always frustrated me that the Armenian Genocide, a part of my family’s history, was never taught by any of my teachers. [...]
Travel

My Journey to Ararat

Throughout my childhood, I’ve learned, read and seen many images of our holy mountain, Mt. Ararat. The image of her two beautiful silhouettes plastered on every Armenian paraphernalia is a symbol of Armenia’s instinctual will [...]
Special Reports

Where do Descendants of Immigrants Stand on Modern Immigration?

“We cry in anguish and pain. We show our wounds. We call for help. The crowds on the shore throw out some handful of pennies that fall leaden into the waters. Our cry has not [...]

AYF Olympics

Chicago’s Olympic Queen: Special K, an All Star

The introduction of Karine Birazian Shnorhokian as Olympic queen included the proper term “all star” in describing her various achievements. “Special K” (a term some use in referring to Karine) did it all. Her athletic [...]

Travel

My Journey to Ararat

Throughout my childhood, I’ve learned, read and seen many images of our holy mountain, Mt. Ararat. The image of her two beautiful silhouettes plastered on every Armenian paraphernalia is a symbol of Armenia’s instinctual will [...]

Armenia’s NSS Director Sacked, Police Chief Promoted

Support the Hairenik Weekly, Armenian Weekly on their 120th, 85th Anniversaries

Pashinyan: “No legal basis to halt Amulsar mine”

Armenian Government Still Undecided on Amulsar Issue

ANCA Joins Kurdish American Protest for Reinstatement of HDP Mayors

The Caucasus

Yerevan to Host Annual ‘Teach For All’ Global Conference

Diaspora

Joe Biden Calls for U.S. Senate and House Passage of Armenian Genocide Resolution

Where do Descendants of Immigrants Stand on Modern Immigration?

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Frances Willard: Armenia’s Angel on Capitol Hill

The Mystic and the Priest: The Gurdjieff Ensemble Performs Komitas

The Making of ‘Under the Light of the Moon’

My Journey to Ararat

Where do Descendants of Immigrants Stand on Modern Immigration?

Voices

Transparency Starts With Leaders

Opinion

Women in Artsakh Politics

Special Reports

Where do Descendants of Immigrants Stand on Modern Immigration?

Chicago’s Olympic Queen: Special K, an All Star

Next Stop—Worcester

My First Panagoum

Chicago AYF Olympics Summary Results 2019

The Bluesday After the Chicago AYF Olympics

My Journey to Ararat

Celebrating Centenary of the Introduction of Jerusalem Armenian Ceramics

Illuminating the Human Condition

The Making of ‘The Stateless Diplomat’

Nur and the Quest to Reconnect with Nature

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