Month: May 2019

Hundreds of AYF Juniors Take the First Step, Attend Junior Seminar

FOMBELL, Penn.—Armed with the innately indomitable spirit of the Armenian people, hundreds of young people from the Armenian Youth Federation…

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Nostalgic for Pain

In 2017, the Columbia Artists/Teachers (CA/T) program at Columbia University embarked on what may rightly be regarded as a pedagogical…

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Society for Armenian Studies Presents Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award

On Thursday, May 16, 2019, the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) co-sponsored a special evening honoring Dr. Levon Avdoyan, longtime…

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World Bank Employees Establish AUA Endowed Scholarship Fund

Kathy Lalazarian, a senior public sector specialist of the World Bank, was a talented leader and professional who tragically passed…

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ARF Rallies in Yerevan

YEREVAN (Asbarez)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Council of Armenia on Thursday held a rally at Yerevan’s Freedom Square that gave…

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Book Review: The Seamstress of Ourfa

The Seamstress of Ourfa Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss Armida Publications, 2018 Here, at last, is a book about strong Armenian women.…

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Syrian-Armenians and the Legal Snares of Armenian Citizenship

While most of those fleeing Syria are in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, several thousand have also gone to Armenia. In…

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Meet the 2019 AYF Olympics Steering Committee

Ari Killian, Co-chairperson, aka Godfather: Ari joined the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) when he was 12 years old. This is…

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Judicial reform underway following controversial Kocharyan ruling

YEREVAN—The Armenian National Assembly held its first hearing on transitional justice on Friday. Lawmakers debated the mechanisms of a planned…

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Meet the Artist: Kat Mooradian

Last month, the Armenian Weekly was proud to feature the works of a young talented artist by the name of…

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