Month: January 2019
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Jan- 2019 -29 JanuaryReviews
Nazarian’s New Book Clarifies the Life of Assyrian Nationalist Ashur Yousuf
Bloodied, but Unbowed: A Memoir of the Ashur & Arshaluys Yousuf Family by Alice Nazarian Translated by Ishkhan Jinbashian Edited by…
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29 JanuaryCommunity News
Beloved French-Armenian Composer Michel Legrand Dies at 86
French-Armenian award-winning jazz musician and pianist Michel Legrand has died. He passed away at his home in France on Saturday,…
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29 JanuarySpecial Reports
Armenia’s Stealth Fight for Decentralized Internet
In an unimpressive building located just behind a semi-abandoned Soviet-era theme park, programmers are building a decentralized internet for Armenia.…
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28 JanuaryANCA News
Armenian University Students to Travel to DC for Intensive Career Development
Armenian-American university students from across the U.S. are invited to the nation’s capital for “ANCA Rising Leaders: Career Development and…
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24 JanuaryHeadline
33rd ARF World Congress Elects New Bureau
STEPANAKERT—On January 24, 2019 the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) 33rd World Congress, which convened on January 16 in the Artsakh…
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24 JanuaryNews
Pashinyan to Wealthy Foreign Investors: “Our policy motto is to get rich and enrich”
During a dinner in Zurich, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed a room of Swiss businessmen. His speech, republished below in…
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23 JanuaryNews
Controversial ‘Bonuses’ Doled Out Among Pashinyan’s Provincial Governors
The governors of at least three provinces (marzes), including Ararat, Armavir and Syunik, have caused controversy after an investigative report…
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23 JanuaryMemoir
Speaking Armenian—Choice? Luxury? Bother?
I put down the pen and stared at the paper for ten minutes. I checked the dictionary, revisited my mind’s…
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23 JanuaryIndigenous Connections
Why I Walked in This Year’s Indigenous People’s March
I was covering the Indigenous People’s March in Washington, D.C. for the Armenian Weekly, when international headlines were made. According…
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23 JanuaryFiction
Drowsy
One afternoon, in a motel room on Cape Cod Bay, my older brother Armand and I wrapped our sleeping mother’s…
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