On trial since September 2010, Turkish publisher Ragip Zarakolu and writer Mehmet Guler were convicted on March 10 for “propaganda for the PKK,” the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, in the book The KCK File: Global State […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—On Mon., April 4, Tom Mooradian, author and legendary basketball player in Soviet Armenia, will speak about “The Repatriate: Love, Basketball, and the KGB” at the dinner meeting of the St. James Armenian Church […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Arsenal Center for the Arts will pay tribute to the late Charles Mosesian, businessman and philanthropist, at its 5th anniversary celebration on Wednesday evening, April 6. The evening’s program will feature a performance […]
The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL) and Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) on the evening of Feb. 19 went all out in their efforts to show their appreciation to Edgar Hagopian, a long-time community leader and […]
The 2011 AYF-YOARF National Athletic Tournaments (NATs) took place on March 4-6 in the greater Washington, D.C. area. The event was hosted by the AYF Washington “Ani” Chapter and brought in around 300 members from […]
By Hrag Arakelian We are familiar with the revolutionary songs and lyrics of Karnig Sarkissian and George Tutunjian. These songs were mostly written during the birth of the fedayee and the ARF. They commemorate Armenian […]
BOSTON (A.W.)—In 2010, during the Pan-Homenetmen jamboree in Armenia and for the first time in Homenetmen history, nine members were awarded the Ararat Rank—the highest rank given by the scouting organization. Almost a century after […]
BOSTON, Mass.—The relevance of ancient rituals to contemporary life is the subject of this year’s annual Women’s History Month program sponsored by the Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA). Dr. Janice Okoomian will present the topic […]
The AYF Junior Seminar Committee has begun to prepare for the 2011 Junior Seminar. This year’s theme is “Junior Seminar: Back to the Basics.” Seminar is the largest AYF junior event, with more than 350 […]
This April, for the first time since 1915, the 24th falls on Easter Sunday on the Armenian Church calendar. And so, on this sacred day, for the first time since the Armenian Genocide, Armenians will […]
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