Opinion
The God-Borne Days of Ani
A Revealing Look at the Former Medieval Armenian Capital of Armenia at the Turn of the 20th Century By Armen Manuk-Khaloyan The city of Ani occupies a special place today in the popular imagination of […]
Month: November 2011
Opinion
Occupy Wall Street: The Armenian Connection
By Anoush Ter Taulian At Occupy Wall Street (OWS), I was wearing a T-shirt I had made that reads “Eastern Turkey Is Occupied Western Armenia” when a man came up to me and asked, “Does […]
News
Dispatches from Alaska: The Last American Frontier, the First Great Armenian Falafel Stand
When I visited Alaska for the first time last year, it was close to the end of August and the summer was just about winding up. My husband (fiancé at the time) drove us clear […]
Tom Vartabedian
Giving Thanks the Armenian Way
“We thank thee for health and food, For all things that fit our mood, For love and friends, For everything that goodness sends.” On this Thanksgiving Day, let us give thanks for all those pleasures […]
Tom Vartabedian
Thanksgiving Is Going to the Dogs
“My sunshine doesn’t come from the skies. It comes from the love in my dog’s eyes.” If I were a dog this Thanksgiving, I would have the time of my life. I would start my […]
News
A Dutch Armenian Does Business in the Motherland
The following article was published in September in the Dutch-language business periodical “Geld & Beleggen: Informatieblad voor de Beleger.” It’s been translated into English by Dr. Bedros Nersessian. Entrepreneur Aristakes Jessayan was born in Athens, […]
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Erdogan ‘Apologizes’ for Dersim Killings, Insults Diaspora
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized today for the killings in Dersim (now Tunceli) from 1936-39. The apology on behalf of the Turkish Republic came on the heels of the release of […]
Special Reports
The Baby Doom: Selective Abortions in Armenia
When 35-year-old Narine made the journey from her village to Yerevan, she wondered whether she would keep the baby. A mother of two girls, she needed a son. “I have to bear a boy to […]
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Matiossian to Talk on ‘Aryan Myth’
NEW YORK—On Thurs., Dec. 1, Dr. Vartan Matiossian will give a presentation titled “The Aryan Myth, Hitler, and the Armenians” at the Diocesan Complex in New York at 7 p.m. Matiossian will explore the definition […]
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March to Stop Violence Against Women Held in Yerevan
Civil society in Armenia is getting more and more active. We recently noticed various actions and protests by environmental groups to save the Trchkan waterfall, or protests by activists against non-combat deaths in the army […]