Opinion
Three Apples: dOIN’ tIME iN dAW’HA
Once there was and there was not … 1. [[[ dIS aPPEAR fROM hERE ]]] It’s Tuesday, and he’s on an Airbus, 32,972 feet above land, waiting for a computer network to ping him […]
Month: June 2014
Youth
AYF Eastern Region Issues Statement on Syria
The Armenian Youth Federation Eastern Region finds many opportunities throughout the year to come together and unite over a common cause. Most recently, we have observed the power at our fingertips and the scope of […]
News
Koomruian Armenian Education Fund Announces Scholarship Recipients
The Selection Committee of the Peter and Alice Koomruian Armenian Education Fund recently announced the award of scholarships to the following students for the academic year 2014-15: Ani Aghajanyan, $5000, in the field of visual […]
News
New Video Explains How ATP Connects Diaspora to Armenia through Trees
ATP’s new 20th anniversary video is available at www.tinyurl.com/planthope WATERTOWN, Mass.—On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Armenia Tree Project (ATP) has released an uplifting video highlighting its tree planting, environmental education, and poverty reduction […]
News
VivaCell-MTS, Fuller Center Build Home for Bakhchagulyan Family
VAZASHEN, Armenia—VivaCell-MTS volunteer staff members and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia (FCHA) team met up again recently for a “build day” in the border village of Vazashen. This time, the partners helped the extended […]
News
Farewell to Baydzar: Diyarbakir Loses One of Its Last Armenians
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—One of Diyarbakir’s last Armenians, 87-year-old Baydzar Eken, passed away at a local hospital on June 23. Baydzar’s family was saved during the Armenian Genocide by taking refuge with Alevi families in the […]
Special Reports
A Photographic Tribute to Baydzar, One of Diyarbakir’s Last Armenians
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—One of Diyarbakir’s last Armenians, 87-year-old Baydzar Eken, passed away at a local hospital on June 23. A month earlier, on May 23, the Armenian Weekly editors, joined by a small group of […]
News
‘Bike for Hope’ Cyclists Ride for CRD in Armenia
YEREVAN, Armenia—From May 24-30, cyclists in the Bike for Hope for Armenia group rode in a Bike-a-Thon called the Spectacular Armenia Ride to support scientists at the Cosmic Ray Division (CRD) of the Yerevan Physics […]
Opinion
Churches, Resolutions, and Justice: Contemplations in Western Armenia
Special for the Armenian Weekly It was day one on my eighth journey to Western Armenia. My wife, Joyce, and I were sitting in a tea-house in the town of Shadakh (Çatak) with a diverse […]
News
From Denmark with love: Meet Line (and Tatevik)
YEREVAN—Line Knudsen doesn’t have a single drop of Armenia blood. So what could possibly make her want to volunteer in Armenia, not once, but twice? Her childhood friend Tatevik Revazian, of course! Line, 24, and […]