Delegates attending the 92nd annual Eastern Regional ARS Convention in Florida this week responded to a resolution calling for assistance to Syrian-Armenian schools caught in the wake of recent turmoil in that country. Upon hearing […]
It’s likely many of you have had this same experience: You live far away from your birthplace, in a very different social environment, and when you get the opportunity to return, you are euphoric about […]
Bohemian Proverb As long as the language lives, the nation is not dead. White Collar Crime There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that […]
By Ara Nerssessian From 1988 through 1990, the Armenian population in Soviet Azerbaijan was the target of racially motivated pogroms in the cities of Sumgait (Feb. 27-29, 1988), Kirovabad (Nov. 21-27, 1988), and Baku (Jan. […]
What if 98 cents of every dollar you had was taken from you? What if those dollars were in the form of inherited family wealth that had sustained infants, college students, and octogenarian retirees alike […]
Bohjalian Briefs Legislators and then Presents Novel to Standing Room Only Congressional Audience WASHINGTON—New York Times Best-Selling author Chris Bohjalian capped a full day on Capitol Hill on Aug. 1 with a compelling presentation of […]
David Barsamian, the founder and director of Alternative Radio, once asked Gore Vidal how he wanted to be remembered. “Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now,” […]
He was a handsome figure of a man, 6’4” with thick black hair, dark, mesmerizing eyes, who loved to sing and dance—a throwback to his Armenian cultural roots in Vosburagan. Painting was the food of […]
Today’s question is one that bears a little scrutiny. Granted, it doesn’t have the impact of a presidential election or the fluctuating economy, but it does hold its place in society. “What’s round and plump, […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—This summer, the Armenian Students’ Association of America, Inc. (ASA) sponsored an internship at the Armenian Weekly for one undergraduate student in journalism. For a six-week period, Lilly Torosyan, the first intern accepted into […]
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