Month: March 2018

AYF N.Y. ‘Hyortik’ and St. Sarkis Armenian Church Raise More Than $12,000 for Artsakh Soldiers

DOUGLASTON, N.Y. (A.W.)—The Saint Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Douglaston and the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF-YOARF) “Hyortik” Junior and Senior…

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ARF Armenia Elects New Supreme Council, Sets Forth Priorities for Next Two Years

YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) of Armenia recently held its 21st  Supreme Assembly in Aghveran, Armenia. After hearing the biennial…

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Susan Barba’s ‘Fair Sun’ Wins Anahid Literary Award

NEW YORK—Susan Barba’s book of poems Fair Sun has won the Anahid Literary Award. The prize is awarded to the…

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Balakian to Join San José State University President Mary Papazian in Night of Reading and Conversation

  By Lane Berger  SAN JOSÉ, Calif.— The San José State University Center for Literary Arts will conclude its 2017-2018 season on…

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Protesters March Against Serge Sarkisian’s Possible Return as Prime Minister

YEREVAN (A.W.)—This past weekend, a group of around 100 citizens from the grassroots initiative Չէ՛ք անցկացնի/No Pasaran (a term which,…

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Armenia’s Constitution: Pitfalls and Possibilities Explored at ARF-ADL Panel

HASKBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. (A.W.)—The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL) Armenagan-Hovsepian chapter of Greater New York-New Jersey and the Armenian Revolutionary…

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Fourth Annual Hamazkayin North America Tri-Regional Meeting Held in New Jersey

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—Members of the North American Regional Executive Boards of the Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and Educational Society—the Hamazkayin Eastern…

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Artsakh Soldier Dies in Freak Accident

STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Artsakh Defense Army serviceman Armen Harutyunyan (b. 1999) died in a freak accident involving a falling tree due…

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The Controversy Over ‘Karas’—A Term for Commerce or Cultural Heritage?

 For many villagers across Armenia, karases—the egg-shaped terracotta jugs used for winemaking in the region—aren’t worth the basement space…

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Insidious Ego

Anyone who has interacted with people in some kind of organizational setting—business, military, volunteer—has no doubt encountered at least one…

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