On Feb. 8, the International Crisis Group (ICG) published a policy briefing titled “Armenia and Azerbaijan: Preventing War.” It is basically an update from earlier ICG briefs that have intimidated untrained readers into concluding that […]
By Julie Ashekian ETCHMIADZIN, Armenia—It was a bright, sunny, and joyous day at “Mer Doon,” a home for young adults who have outgrown their childhood home in the orphanages. The anticipation and excitement of the […]
A Minor Moralist Wealth is like water. He who does not open up a gate to carry off its overflow drowns in it. …Al-Siqilli Armenian Alliteration One thing the Western Armenian language has which […]
MEDFORD, Mass.—The message these days is genocide recognition, and it’s being conveyed loud and clear across the campus of Tufts University. Some 250 students piled their way into the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy […]
On Feb. 22, the Armenian Weekly conducted an interview with Serj Tankian, singer and songwriter of the Grammy Award-winning rock band System of a Down, who’s in the Boston area for the opening of “Prometheus […]
Protest at Azerbaijani Embassy Calls Attention to Ongoing Aggression Against Armenia and Karabagh WASHINGTON—On Feb. 25, Greater Washington, D.C. area Armenian Americans honored the memory of the victims of Azerbaijani aggression during a grassroots protest […]
My father called him a juknavor, the Armenian word for hermit. Unlike other Hyes in the community, Uncle Aram Palulian would never socialize with anyone except my parents. Outside of work, he was content to […]
I have five grandchildren who are absolute angels—until they visit my home. Then they turn into bulldozers and raise havoc with my belongings. That’s when the devil in them surfaces. Okay, so the 7-month-old has […]
Night has set flowers on fire. Darkness falls and knocks on doors Banging its wings against the lights Utters a word most horrid And moves, harried, Down to where the Metro is And, restless, drags […]
BOSTON, Mass.—On Sat., Feb. 12, the 2011 Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Youth Connect Program (YCP) was held at Boston University. This program initially began in 1971 as a three-week intensive educational program and has, throughout […]
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