Month: October 2018
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Oct- 2018 -4 OctoberAnnouncements
New Progressive Collective, Zoravik, Hosts Lecture ‘Looking for a Contemporary Armenian Left’
The newly-formed progressive collective, Zoravik (“In Solidarity”) invites the public to an informal talk and discussion with Hrag Papazian on…
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4 OctoberNews
Philadelphia Hamazkayin Toasts to Yerevan
Philadelphia Hamazkayin celebrated the Yerevan nightlife and the renaissance of Armenian wine during its second annual Yerewine Nights. It happened…
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4 OctoberObituaries
Remembering Myron Konjoyan (1931-2018)
Myron Seamone Konjoyan passed on Sept. 13, 2018 after a short illness. Konjoyan was born May 7, 1931 in Oakland,…
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4 OctoberNotes from the Pink City
The Municipal Election was a Referendum on the PM, but is that Good for Yerevan?
Last week, Yerevantsis took to the polls for the first time since the spring’s Velvet Revolution. Hayk Marutyan, running on…
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4 OctoberLetters to the Editor
An ARF Mystery: What happened to Unger Sarkis Zeitlian?
On March 28, 1985 during the Lebanese Civil War, Unger was abducted on his way to work in Beirut, Lebanon.…
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4 OctoberCommentary
Hostages as State Policy
In August 2018, US President Trump angrily announced that sanctions will be implemented against Turkey, and personally against the Turkish…
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3 OctoberNews
Pashinyan and Parliament At Odds Over Early Snap Elections as ARF Loses Ministerial Footing
As of Tuesday, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) no longer has representation in the Pashinyan-led Armenian Government after two of…
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3 OctoberCulture
From New York to Paris, from Armenia to New York
Arthur Makaryan is an emerging NYC-based Armenian theater and opera director and a recent graduate of the Columbia Graduate School…
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3 OctoberCommentary
Recalibrating Leadership and Legitimacy in the Armenian Diaspora
Recently, I had the privilege to attend a New York reception for Armenia’s new Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan. Organized by…
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3 OctoberGaren Mouths Off
Re-Independence, an Election, and the U.N.
It’s been quite a full Armenian political week. September 21 was the 27th anniversary of the Republic of Armenia’s re-independence. September…
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