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New Year’s Resolution: Humility
Special for the Armenian Weekly During a time when it seems no one can say the right thing because it is offensive to someone or it isn’t nuanced enough or it isn’t stated strongly enough, […]
Month: December 2015
Tom Vartabedian
New Year’s Resolutions a Lesson in Futility
Keeping a resolution for the New Year is a lot like the cat chasing his tail. Much as he tries, he cannot quite catch up with it. I’ve been making resolutions on and off for […]
Garen Mouths Off
Banks, Oil, and Manats Add Up to Bluster
It seems to me I may have just realized why, over the past year and a half or so, Azerbaijan’s bellicosity and acting on that impulse have risen, costing dozens of Armenians and Azeris their […]
Statements
Kurdish MP Calls for International Solidarity in Face of Turkish State Violence
The following letter was penned by Faysal Sarıyıldız, a member of Turkey’s Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), and addressed to the members of parliaments of the European Union (EU) member states, as […]
Special Reports
Overhaul of Azerbaijan’s National Security Ministry and Its Significance
Special for the Armenian Weekly The last two months have seen an unprecedented crackdown on one of the pillars of the Aliyev regime in Azerbaijan, the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Since the Oct. 17 […]
Reviews
Book Review: Tufankjian’s ‘There Is Only the Earth’
Special for the Armenian Weekly Scout Tufankjian received photographic repute by becoming the only independent journalist to follow then-Senator Barack Obama from his initial candidacy through to his victory on election night in 2008.The images […]
My Turn
Azerbaijan’s Parliament Introduces Outrageous Anti-American Resolution
Given the joyful spirit of the holiday season, I wanted to dedicate my article to a cheerful subject. However, when I saw the text of the bizarre resolution submitted to Azerbaijan’s Parliament on Christmas Eve, […]
News
Congressional Leaders, Rights Groups Urge White House to Characterize ISIS Attacks on Christians ‘Genocide’
WASHINGTON—With Christmas just days away, 30 U.S. Representatives, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), have called on the Obama Administration to condemn the ongoing Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) attacks against Christians and […]
Tom Vartabedian
A Cocker Spaniel Named ‘Dznoont’
Dear humans: Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dznoont and I’m a Christmas dog. That’s not to say I was born on Christmas Day. That’s when I came to my adopted family from […]
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Toronto Armenian Community Resettles Syrian Refugees
Special for the Armenian Weekly TORONTO, Canada—The phones ring continuously. “Parev, Torontoyi Hay Getron,” greet the office workers in Armenian. Tinges of Arabic and English mix into their dialogue as they communicate sternly and urgently. […]