Month: October 2010

World’s Longest Cable Car Line Opens in Armenia

YEREVAN (AFP)—Armenia has launched the world’s longest cable car line, a 5.7-kilometer engineering feat that spans a spectacular gorge to…

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French Rescuers of Musa Dagh Honored

TOULON, France (A.W.)—On Oct. 15, Armenian Ambassador to France Viguen Tchitetchian, unveiled a plaque in honor of French sailors who…

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Professorship in Honor of Vartan Gregorian

NEW YORK—Prince Karim Aga Khan IV has established the Aga Khan Visiting Professor of Islamic Humanities at Brown University in…

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ANCA Endorses Sen. Barbara Boxer

WASHINGTON—On Oct. 15, in recognition of decades of Congressional service championing issues of special concern to California’s Armenian American community,…

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Kasbarian to Speak on ARF 120th in Boston

WATERTOWN, Mass (A.W.)—On Nov. 7, the Boston “Sardarabad” Gomideh, in collaboration with the AYF, will host a celebration of the…

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Excerpts from ‘Raffi: The Prophet from Payajuk’

Below are excerpts from the book Raffi: The Prophet from Payajuk by Murad Meneshian. *** Raffi (Hakob Melik-Hakobian) embarked on his…

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Book of the Week: ‘Edward Said: The Charisma of Criticism’

‘Edward Said: The Charisma of Criticism’ By H. Aram Veeser New York: Routledge, 2010: 260 pp. Price: $39.95, hardcover In…

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