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Month: February 2016

Editorials

In Defense of Turkey’s Imprisoned Armenian Maverick

February 29, 2016 Nanore Barsoumian 14

Armenian intellectual and entrepreneur Sevan Nisanyan, 60, could spend the next 25 years in a Turkish prison as punishment for a long list of charges relating to construction violations stacked against him. As a journalist […]

News

Two Armenians Elected to Iran’s Parliament

February 29, 2016 Weekly Staff 0

TEHRAN, Iran (A.W.)—Karen Khanlarian and George Abrahamian were elected to Iran’s Parliament on Feb. 26. The 290-seat parliament (officially called the Islamic Consultative Assembly) has 285 directly elected members and 5 seats reserved for Zoroastrians, Jews, […]

News

AYF Elected to IUSY Vice Presidency at World Congress

February 29, 2016 Weekly Staff 1

TIRANA, Albania (A.W.)—A member of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF), the youth organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), was elected vice-president in the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) for the first time. Garabed […]

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Narzakian Bequest a Thrifty $281,912

February 29, 2016 Tom Vartabedian 0

LOWELL, Mass.—Throughout their generous, yet unheralded lives, brother and sister Harry and Rose Narzakian lived by the rules of charity and open-heartedness. They donated to their church and political organizations, youth camps and newspapers, orphanages […]

News

AMAA to Present Herand Markarian’s ‘Martyred Armenian Writers’

February 29, 2016 Guest Contributor 0

PARAMUS, N.J.—On March 18, as part of the Armenian Genocide Centennial commemorations, the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) will present Dr. Herand M. Markarian’s book, The Martyred Armenian Writers 1915-1922: An Anthology, at the […]

Obituaries

Sister Hripsime Tcheftelian (1926-2016)

February 29, 2016 Guest Contributor 1

RADNOR, Pa.—It is with profound sorrow that the Armenian Sisters’ Academy of Radnor mourns the passing of one of its founders, Sister Hripsime (nee Marie) Tcheftelian. At an early age, Sister Hripsime answered God’s call […]

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Yegparian: Fruits of a Funeral

February 29, 2016 Garen Yegparian 0

I felt like a bit of an interloper at a Ferrahian School reunion when I attended Marilyn Arshagouni’s funeral last week, a sad but also uplifting occasion. It was particularly sad since her daughter-in-law’s brother, […]

Reviews

Book Review: ‘The Guest Room’

February 27, 2016 Rupen Janbazian 0

Special for the Armenian Weekly The Guest Room By Chris Bohjalian Doubleday, New York (Jan. 5, 2016), 336 pages ISBN 978-0385538893; Hardcover, $25.95 New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel, The Guest Room, […]

News

Conference on Western Armenian Held at Oxford

February 27, 2016 Weekly Staff 2

OXFORD, U.K. (A.W.)—Armenian Studies at the University of Oxford (Faculty of the Oriental Studies), with the financial support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, held a conference on Jan. 21-23 that addressed multidimensional problems related to […]

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Prelacy Honors Boloian for 46-Year Choir Service

February 27, 2016 Tom Vartabedian 0

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.—The year was 1970. The average home sold for $5,000. Income averaged out to $9,500. A postage stamp sold for six cents. And Richard M. Nixon was serving as president of the United […]

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