WASHINGTON—This summer’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s landmark “Armenia: Creating Home” program will feature a robust focus on the theme of “Cultures of Survival: From Displacement to Resilience,” highlighting the central role of culture in preserving identity and promoting resilience […]
I recently participated as a speaker for a forum in Toronto and Montreal, in which I was asked to speak about the 18 months I spent living and working in Armenia. The event offered […]
Boris Johnson, Britain’s lovably eccentric Foreign Secretary is seldom, if ever, referenced in relation to Armenian interests (though the fact that he won the “most offensive Erdogan poem” competition is certainly of interest to our […]
Maybe he didn’t think he would be caught. Maybe he was too arrogant. Maybe he was too cocky. Maybe he was too plain dumb. Maybe he thought he was untouchable. Maybe he is the most […]
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, the full U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee adopted report language offered by Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)—as part of its Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) foreign aid bill—noting the panel’s continued concern with the “protracted […]
Editor’s Note: Each week the Armenian Weekly receives a number of press releases from various organizations in the community. Because the space in our paper is limited and determines how much we can publish on a […]
WASHINGTON (A.W.)—Armenia’s President H.E. Armen Sarkissian will headline a special reception at the U.S. Senate on June 26, celebrating the centennial of the Republic of Armenia and a century of the Republic’s relations with the […]
On June 9, the Metro Detroit Armenian Community came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia in what was a massive celebration drawing almost 2,000 in attendance, who enjoyed the […]
“Armenian art is not something isolated. It is woven into a global network, and needs to be understood for what makes it specifically Armenian,” Dr. Helen Evans said to an enthusiastic crowd of close to […]
We were driving north from Yerevan, towards Aparan. Passing the village of Ushi, my friend Vova asked, “Have you been to Ushi?” “Of course, I’ve passed here many times”, I replied. “So you’ve seen Surb […]
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