‘Gar oo Chgar’: Kasbarian Speaks at HMADS

OAKLAND GARDENS, N.Y.—On Wed., Oct. 12, as part of month-long events dedicated to the creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrob Mashdots, the Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School (HMADS) invited speaker Lucine Kasbarian, the author of Armenia: A Rugged Land, An Enduring People, to introduce her latest book, The Greedy Sparrow. Retold by Kasbarian in English, the tale of the sparrow has been a part of the Armenian oral tradition for centuries, and was first written down by Hovhannes Toumanian.