DOUGLASTON, N.Y. (A.W.)—The Saint Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Douglaston and the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF-YOARF) “Hyortik” Junior and Senior chapters hosted an event on March 18, in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the […]
YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) of Armenia recently held its 21st Supreme Assembly in Aghveran, Armenia. After hearing the biennial report from the ARF Supreme Council of Armenia and assessing the activates of the ARF […]
NEW YORK—Susan Barba’s book of poems Fair Sun has won the Anahid Literary Award. The prize is awarded to the best literary work in English by a young writer of Armenian descent, and is awarded […]
By Lane Berger SAN JOSÉ, Calif.— The San José State University Center for Literary Arts will conclude its 2017-2018 season on April 12, with the third guest of its Pulitzer Series: Peter Balakian. Balakian will join […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—This past weekend, a group of around 100 citizens from the grassroots initiative Չէ՛ք անցկացնի/No Pasaran (a term which, in English, translates to “You will not pass”) marched on Yerevan’s main streets to protest […]
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 Federation (ARF) Dro gomideh of New Jersey hosted a panel discussion on March 11, regarding the pitfalls […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—Members of the North American Regional Executive Boards of the Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and Educational Society—the Hamazkayin Eastern U.S, the Hamazkayin Western U.S, and Hamazkayin Canada—held their fourth annual Tri-Regional Meeting on March […]
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Artsakh Defense Army serviceman Armen Harutyunyan (b. 1999) died in a freak accident involving a falling tree due to high winds on March 24. According to a statement published by the Artsakh Defense […]
For many villagers across Armenia, karases—the egg-shaped terracotta jugs used for winemaking in the region—aren’t worth the basement space they occupy. Despite the fact that in recent years, they have become a symbol of […]
Anyone who has interacted with people in some kind of organizational setting—business, military, volunteer—has no doubt encountered at least one person whose ego is the overwhelming (if not sole) motivator of action. Typically, such people […]
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