Month: February 2016

In Defense of Turkey’s Imprisoned Armenian Maverick

Armenian intellectual and entrepreneur Sevan Nisanyan, 60, could spend the next 25 years in a Turkish prison as punishment for…

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Two Armenians Elected to Iran’s Parliament

TEHRAN, Iran (A.W.)—Karen Khanlarian and George Abrahamian were elected to Iran’s Parliament on Feb. 26. The 290-seat parliament (officially called…

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AYF Elected to IUSY Vice Presidency at World Congress

TIRANA, Albania (A.W.)—A member of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF), the youth organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), was…

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Narzakian Bequest a Thrifty $281,912

LOWELL, Mass.—Throughout their generous, yet unheralded lives, brother and sister Harry and Rose Narzakian lived by the rules of charity…

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

PARAMUS, N.J.—On March 18, as part of the Armenian Genocide Centennial commemorations, the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) will…

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Sister Hripsime Tcheftelian (1926-2016)

RADNOR, Pa.—It is with profound sorrow that the Armenian Sisters’ Academy of Radnor mourns the passing of one of its…

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Yegparian: Fruits of a Funeral

I felt like a bit of an interloper at a Ferrahian School reunion when I attended Marilyn Arshagouni’s funeral last…

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Book Review: ‘The Guest Room’

Special for the Armenian Weekly The Guest Room By Chris Bohjalian Doubleday, New York (Jan. 5, 2016), 336 pages ISBN…

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Conference on Western Armenian Held at Oxford

OXFORD, U.K. (A.W.)—Armenian Studies at the University of Oxford (Faculty of the Oriental Studies), with the financial support from the…

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Prelacy Honors Boloian for 46-Year Choir Service

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.—The year was 1970. The average home sold for $5,000. Income averaged out to $9,500. A postage stamp…

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