Youth
Tebi Detroit
Toward Detroit… well toward Dearborn and the Hyatt Regency… now called the Adoba Hotel. Things change. That is the nature of life. There are some things about the AYF Olympics that do not change. What […]
Month: August 2014
News
California Senate Recognizes Artsakh’s Independence
SACRAMENTO—The California State Senate, led by incoming Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Leon, by an overwhelming majority of votes on Wednesday passed Assembly member Mike Gatto’s resolution, AJR 32, encouraging Artsakh’s (Nagorno Karabakh) continuing […]
Opinion
What’s Next for the ‘Hidden Armenians’ of Diyarbakir/Dikranagerd?
The historic first trip to Armenia of Diyarbakir’s “hidden Armenians” is coming to an end and it is time for us to assess its impact, consequences, and next steps. At the end of the first […]
Culture
The Grandchildren: The Hidden Legacy of ‘Lost’ Armenians in Turkey
The Grandchildren: The Hidden Legacy of ‘Lost’ Armenians in Turkey By Ayse Gül Altınay and Fethiye Çetin ISBN: 978-1-4128-5391-0 (hardcover) 978-1-4128-5439-9 (eBook) 2014; 270 pp; $49.95 The Grandchildren is a collection of intimate, harrowing testimonies by […]
News
Watertown to Host 3rd Annual Walk of Life
WATERTOWN, Mass.—On Sat., Sept. 27, the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) will host its third annual New England Walk of Life Walkathon in Watertown. Funds raised will support the instrumental work of the ABMDR, which […]
My Turn
Sassounian: Justice Dept. Files Reveal Activities of Firms Lobbying for Turkey
Last week, I described the terms of the $1.4 million contract signed by the Gephardt Group, the lobbying firm of former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, to promote Turkey’s interests in Washington. Realizing that its […]
Culture
SAS Publishes Vol. 22 of ‘Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies’
The Society for Armenian Studies recently announced the publication of Volume 22 (2013) of the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS). Edited by Dr. Sergio La Porta (California State University, Fresno), JSAS 22 […]
Interviews
An Interview with Amalya Yeghoyan of the Gyumri IT Center
The Gyumri IT Center (GITC) was founded about nine years ago to provide education in information technologies in the Gyumri region. Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city, was heavily damaged by the 1988 earthquake. An objective […]
News
California Senate Unanimously Passes Genocide Education Act
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—On Aug. 26, the California Senate, with a vote of 36-0, unanimously passed the Armenian Genocide Education Act (AB 1915), which adds Armenian Genocide survivor and witness oral testimonies into the teachings of human […]
Opinion
Confronting the Yazidi Genocide
Special for the Armenian Weekly Thousands of people leaving their ancestral homeland. Women and children being kidnapped, raped, and sold as slaves. Men slaughtered by the dozens. While this sounds like something from the Armenian […]