Every year the Uzbekistan Armenian community celebrates the joyful and beloved holiday of Vardavar. This ancient holiday is quite timely in the mid-July summer heat, when the thermometer index in the region regularly inches over […]
It’s taken me a few years to finally read the three books below, which struck me as related and worth sharing. Each is a powerful statement. Each represents a time and situation in human history. […]
Currently, there are at least 28 Armenians running for office in the November U.S. elections this year. These offices range from city councilmember to state-level constitutional office. Some of them have not even gotten past […]
LONDON (A.W.)—Greco-Roman wrestler Arthur Aleksanyan won a bronze medal in the 96 kg. category, securing a third medal to Armenia. Aleksanyan snatched the bronze medal after defeating Cuban Yunior Estrada Falcon. The 6’1’’ wrestler was […]
BOSTON, Mass.—On Aug. 6, the House of Representatives of the State of Massachusetts adopted a resolution submitted by State Representative Jonathan Hecht urging “the president and Congress of the USA to support the self-determination and […]
NEW YORK—The ongoing and expanding militarized conflict in Syria has created a serious humanitarian crisis for the population and is threatening, among others, residential areas where concentrations of our Armenian community and institutions are situated, […]
LONDON (A.W.)—On Aug. 5, Armenia’s Arsen Julfalakian won silver in the 74 kg. category of Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympics in London. Earlier that day, Hripsime Khurshudyan secured a bronze medal for Armenia in the […]
NEW YORK (A.W.)—Chris Bohjalian’s The Sandcastle Girls continued to dominate many regional and national best-seller lists on the second week of its release in the U.S., while the book’s UK edition hit the shelves in Europe […]
Attorneys General of California, Michigan, Nevada, and Rhode Island, and Several Federal and State Legislators Also File Amicus Briefs in Support of Armenian-American Property Claims WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) joined an amicus […]
“TEZETA is a song form famous in Ethno-Jazz. In Amharic (the language of Ethiopia), it translates to ‘my memory,’ but it means much more. It conveys a sense of nostalgia that can be lost in […]
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