As an Armenian refugee from Baku, Azerbaijan, senseless, violent acts committed against innocent Armenian women, men, and children by Azeris no longer shock me. I was forced to grow up with their hatred and violence, […]
Country is the world’s leading jailer of journalists NEW YORK (CPJ)—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) this week issued a new report warning that the Turkish government is engaging in a broad offensive to silence […]
During my recent trip to Armenia, journalists repeatedly asked me which U.S. presidential candidate I would support in the Nov. 6 elections. My answer was clear and unequivocal: I supported neither President Obama nor Governor […]
I’d heard about historic Armenia for years. I learned about it from the stories of friends whose grandparents were born there. I saw it in the paintings of Saryan. I sang about it in songs […]
The Armenian Weekly features below a series of photographs from the Sourp Khatch (Holy Cross) Church on Akhtamar Island in Van, taken by the Weekly Editor during a recent trip to the area. Click here […]
Nora Armani has been acting in half a dozen films for over 25 years. In her latest endeavor, “Moving Stories,” Armani plays one of the two lead characters. The film was selected in the short […]
WASHINGTON—State Department sources confirmed that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton relayed the U.S. Government’s “strong disappointment” over Hungary’s extradition of convicted Azerbaijani axe-murderer Ramil Safarov during a state visit by Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi […]
By Michelle Hagopian ANCA Eastern Region Executive Director The Armenian National Committee of America used to have a regular column in the Weekly that both hit the high points of what the organization was accomplishing […]
I met him randomly. He was my taxi driver from some place to another. Oh, that’s right, it was from my friend’s place to Lover’s Park. No, I didn’t visit Lover’s Park withmy taxi driver; […]
We park the car near Lake Van and start our long hike towards the side of a hill where the ruins of a medieval Armenian monastery await us. It is a long hike over uneven […]
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