October 2011 - The Armenian Weekly

Rendahl: First Place

October 31, 2011 Kristi Rendahl 2

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 […]

Barooshian Exhibit Piques the Imagination

October 31, 2011 Tom Vartabedian 0

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 […]

Frieze to Explore ‘Ravished Armenia’ at Columbia

October 31, 2011 Weekly Staff 0

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 […]

Talk on Genocide Museum Design to Be Held at MEMEAC

October 31, 2011 Weekly Staff 0

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 […]

Yegparian: ‘My Faith in Humanity Has Been Restored’

October 31, 2011 Garen Yegparian 4

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 […]

Vartabedian: Fundraising Woes Crimp My Budget

October 31, 2011 Tom Vartabedian 1

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 […]

U.S. Considers Unusual Arms Deal for Turkey

October 30, 2011 Guest Contributor 4

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 […]

Publisher, Human Rights Activist Ragip Zarakolu Arrested

October 29, 2011 Weekly Staff 18

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 […]

‘I want for Armenians what I want for Kurds’: An interview with Mayor Abdullah Demirbas

October 29, 2011 Dr. Khatchig Mouradian 19

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 […]

Barsoumian: Armenian American Voices in ‘Occupy’ Movement

October 28, 2011 Nanore Barsoumian 4

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., […]