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Rendahl: First Place
I meet Armenians wherever I go, usually the first place I enter. It’s like…it’s like…well, I’d say bees to honey, but I hate to compare myself to honey at the risk of suggesting I’m sweeter […]
Month: October 2011
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Barooshian Exhibit Piques the Imagination
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Martin Barooshian is the kind of artist whose work needs to be seen in order to be appreciated and understood. Sometimes it takes a while. Barooshian is currently on exhibit at the Armenian Library […]
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Frieze to Explore ‘Ravished Armenia’ at Columbia
NEW YORK—On Thurs., Nov. 3, Dr. Donna-Lee Frieze of Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, will present a talk entitled, “Silence, Memory, and Sacred Drama: ‘Ravished Armenia’ in the Memorialization of the Armenian Genocide” at Columbia […]
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Talk on Genocide Museum Design to Be Held at MEMEAC
NEW YORK—On Tues., Nov. 1, the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will […]
Garen Mouths Off
Yegparian: ‘My Faith in Humanity Has Been Restored’
That’s what a friend said when I contacted her after hearing she’d been to the Occupy LA encampment at LA’s City Hall. Hearing her speak was very moving. It was all the more heartening that […]
Tom Vartabedian
Vartabedian: Fundraising Woes Crimp My Budget
It must be fundraising time. All the subtle gestures seem to be in place—letters, telephone calls, computer notices, personal contacts. Give. Give. Give ‘til you have no more money left and are ready to start […]
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U.S. Considers Unusual Arms Deal for Turkey
By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters)–The Obama administration is consulting Congress on an unusual proposal to transfer U.S. Marine Corps attack helicopters to Turkey, U.S. officials said on Oct. 27, as Ankara tries to exact revenge […]
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Publisher, Human Rights Activist Ragip Zarakolu Arrested
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkish police have arrested Ragip Zarakolu, a well-known human rights activist and director of the Belge Publishing House, and chair of the Publishers Association “Freedom to Publish” Committee of Turkey. Zarakolu was taken into […]
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‘I want for Armenians what I want for Kurds’: An interview with Mayor Abdullah Demirbas
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—Abdullah Demirbas is a man on a mission. The mayor of Diyarbakir’s central district strives to restore some of the city’s multi-cultural and multi-ethnic character through a series of initiatives to renovate places […]
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Barsoumian: Armenian American Voices in ‘Occupy’ Movement
BOSTON, Mass. (A.W.)—Spread over 80 countries and 1,000 cities, the global Occupy movement is growing fast, with protesters camping out in financial districts and public areas, demanding an end to “corporate greed.” In the U.S., […]