Month: May 2018

ATP’s Aram and Maral Care for the Environment—Not Just on Earth Day!

The following comic strip was prepared by illustrator Alik Arzoumanian for the Armenia Tree Project (ATP) and the Armenian Weekly. Aram…

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Armenian Night at the Pops to Mark Armenia’s Centennial Anniversary with New Orchestration of ‘Sardarabad’

BOSTON—The Friends of Armenian Culture Society will present the 67th annual Armenian Night at the Pops at Boston’s historic Symphony…

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Akçam: ‘Turkey’s Denial Defines its Present’

The following is a speech delivered Turkish historian Taner Akçam to the Swedish parliament on the 103rd anniversary of the…

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Armenian Diaspora Survey Launches Pilot Study in Boston Area

ARLINGTON, Mass.—The Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS) is set to begin a pilot study, exploring the many connections tying Armenian communities…

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Aghvan Vardanyan Dismissed from the ARF

YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council of Armenia announced today that former ARF Member of Parliament Aghvan Vardanyan has been…

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The Armenian Walls of Watertown High School

WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—When a student at Watertown High School (WHS) walks by the bulletin board in front of the main…

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‘What the Hell Just Happened?’: Armenians, Civic Nationalism, and Rewriting the Activist Handbook

  Among my generation of Armenian-Americans, the “Armenian” part usually stands out. Fierce patriotism, love of the nation, love of…

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Yerevan Police Officer Arrested for Killing Two during Failed Bank Robbery

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Two people were killed in an armed assault and attempted robbery at an HSBC bank branch in Yerevan on…

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Merrimack Valley Community Commemorates Armenian Genocide

LOWELL, Mass. (A.W.)—The 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was commemorated in Lowell, on April 21 with a procession through…

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Obituary: George Kapriel Omartian

Omartian, George Kapriel, 82, died on April 29, in Watertown, Mass. He is survived by the love of his life,…

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