Month: September 2014

After the AYF Olympics

On Labor Day at 10:19 a.m., AYF alumna and volunteer extraordinaire Tamar Kanarian posted the following words on Facebook: “Home.…

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River Fest 2014: Turning the Volume Up on Armenia’s Urban Music

Special for the Armenian Weekly The second half of the 20th century witnessed Armenia flourish as the underbelly of rock…

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Sahagian Appointed Associate Trustee of ACAA Endowment Funds

By Bedros C. Bandazian At their official meeting on June 30, the Armenian Cultural Association of America, Inc. (ACAA) Board…

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Nazarian: The Blackberries of Kharpert

Special for the Armenian Weekly It’s been an unspeakably bloody summer in the Middle and Near East. The awful war…

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Congressional Candidate Sheldon Schwartz on Armenian Issues

By Jacob Palalay How would American Jews react if the federal government questioned the existence of the Holocaust? This is…

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Letter: Let’s Stand Up Against Injustice

Dear Editor: 2014 vs. 1915… Too similar, too familiar. The Germans would never plot another Holocaust with the hopes of…

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NKR Celebrates 23rd Anniversary of Independence

STEPANAKERT– On Tuesday Sept. 2, the Republic of Nagorno Karabagh (NKR) celebrated its 23rd anniversary of independence. NKR President Bako…

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Rep. Clark Continues Partnership with Armenian Communities

By Alisa Sarkisian In December 2013, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s Fifth Congressional District, which is home to one of the…

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Syrian Olives in Artsakh

Special for the Armenian Weekly As small and accessible as Armenia may be, I tend to hear about so many…

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Soccer: Armenia’s Euro 2016 Campaign Begins

Special for the Armenian Weekly It has been a little over six months since Bernard Challandes took the helm of…

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