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It seems most times when I write a piece that I think is of great importance, the response is… crickets. Yet, I feel compelled to keep addressing such issues, even though they tend to be […]
It seems most times when I write a piece that I think is of great importance, the response is… crickets. Yet, I feel compelled to keep addressing such issues, even though they tend to be […]
It should come as a no surprise to most (particularly to those reading this editorial on a screen) that the newspaper business has seen better days. It’s a model of distribution historically defined by location […]
WASHINGTON—Armenian Americans visiting Washington, DC for the centennial of the First Armenian Republic and the Smithsonian’s landmark “Armenia: Creating Home” program took to Capitol Hill yesterday to advance the Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) […]
I spent June 23 in the Conference Room of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) office in Washington, D.C. with my fellow Armenian Youth Federation (AYF-YOARF) Central Executive ungers. Per usual, we had a […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Administrator Mark Green, responding to written inquiries from Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), noted that more than 125,000 people have benefited from the HALO Trust’s de-mining and mine-education work in […]
WASHINGTON—Armenia’s new President Armen Sarkissian reaffirmed his country’s abiding partnership with the United States—pledging the continued expansion of bilateral ties—during a powerful keynote address Tuesday before a capacity Capitol Hill crowd celebrating the 100th anniversary […]
Below are remarks delivered by Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian at the June 26 reception celebrating the centennial of the Republic of Armenia and a century of the Republic’s relations […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary school (SSAES) paid tribute to a longtime teacher Anahid Joubanian who retired this year, after 32 years of dedicated service both in the Kindergarten and primary grades. “Every […]
School kid: “Hi! What’s your name?” Me: “Suh-vah-nuh Bag-duh-ser-yun.” School kid: “What’s that? What kind of name?” Me: “Armenian.” School kid: “What’s that? Are you Iranian? Do you pray to Ayatollah?” In the 1970s, I […]
The U.S. State Department just issued its 2017 report on International Religious Freedom in about 200 countries, including Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. This week, I will focus my attention on the section on Turkey. In […]
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