Five Poems by Raffi Wartanian
A Dream Interrupted In my dream tonight We kissed And I sank Into the warmth of your embrace Only to awake to the rattle Of a rain soaked day And the countless questions That stand […]
A Dream Interrupted In my dream tonight We kissed And I sank Into the warmth of your embrace Only to awake to the rattle Of a rain soaked day And the countless questions That stand […]
Jora Aleksanyan stood by the half-built hanging bridge and smiled. He was wearing a large straw hat, a jean jacket over a white button-up, and black pants. His dark tan suggested he’d been working in […]
Truth be told, I have an addition and it’s raging out of control. It’s not a bad habit in the true sense like drugs or alcohol, but one that leaves me behind closed doors, sometimes […]
Armenian Heroes of the 1812 Patriotic War The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino is widely celebrated in Russia. Conferences and “round tables” are held, and thematic displays are constructed. Three books containing the […]
Menendez, Feinstein Win in Senate; Cantor, Grimm, Cicilline Among Key Victories in House WASHINGTON—Approximately 90 percent of the Congressional candidates backed by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) prevailed in the hard-fought elections on […]
The “Metz Yeghern,” which means “Great Evil” in Armenian, is the name we Armenians use for the genocide. –Robert Attarian (2006)1 The quote comes from a lecture in Italian by the spokesperson for the Consiglio […]
Reformation I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there, in prison, that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, […]
An Interview with Nairy Ghazourian The Real Medicine Foundation (RMF) has been providing assistance to countries struck with disaster since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The village of Shinuhayr in the Syunik province of Armenia […]
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—The second installment of an Armenian language course offered in Diyarbakir/Dikranagerd was launched on Nov. 6. Nearly 30 students who received certificates for completing the first course enrolled in the second one to […]
WASHINGTON—ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian released the following statement regarding the 2012 U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections. “We congratulate President Obama on his victory, commend Governor Romney for a well-run campaign, and thank Armenian American voters […]
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