Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
From A Tramp Abroad It seems that the heavy work in the quarries and the new railway gradings [in Germany] is done mainly by Italians. That was a revelation. We have the notion in our […]
Month: June 2009
News
New York Yankees Taking Firm Grip upon Armenia
YEREVAN—Should the New York Yankees win the American League pennant and go on to capture a World Series title, the loudest cheer of all may not come from the Bronx. It may just send off […]
News
Mayor Bloomberg Attends St. Vartan Cathedral Doors Dedication
Speaking at the consecration of St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral’s new bronze entry doors last Sunday, May 31, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg described the grand portal as “a remarkable piece of work” that reflects […]
Culture
Volume 29 of Haigazian Armenological Review Published
BEIRUT, Lebanon (A.W.)—On May 14, Haigazian University launched the 29th volume of its Armenological Review in the presence of the university’s president, Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian, parliament member Dr. Yeghia Jerejian, and scholars and intellectuals […]
News
Mouradian Named Seventh Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecturer
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (A.W.)—Armenian Weekly editor Khatchig Mouradian was recently named the Seventh Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecturer at the University of Minnesota. His talk, titled “What’s in a Name?: The Adoption of ‘Genocide’ to Describe […]
News
Merrimack Valley Commemorates 94th Anniversary of Genocide
By Ara Jeknavorian Armenians from throughout the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire gathered together over the April 22-24 weekend to pray and honor the memory of 1.5 million martyrs, victims of the horrific first […]
News
Guevrekians Establish $100,000 Endowment Fund for ARS
WATERTOWN, Mass.—On the eve of the Armenian Relief Society’s centennial, Jacky and Seta Guevrekian of Egypt established an endowment fund of $100,000 to be part of the ARS Endowment Fund. The annual proceeds of the […]
Culture
Speaking to be Heard: An Interview with Vartan Oskanian
Below is an interview with Armenia’s former Foreign Minister of Vartan Oskanian about his recently published book, Speaking to Be Heard. Hourig Mayissian: What led you to prepare Speaking to Be Heard? Vartan Oskanian: Even […]
Tom Vartabedian
You only live once—make it last!
If I were a cat, I would have six lives remaining. That’s because I already used up three of them. The first came early in my marriage when I pulled over to the side of […]
Opinion
Sonentz: On the Threshold of a Centenary…
With the ominous noises of a crumbling world economic structure, shaken by tremors caused by shifting financial fault lines on a global scale, everyone is aware that historic changes are taking place and that the […]