Month: January 2020

Not in Our Backyard

PROVIDENCE, RI—In the once affluent part of Cranston, RI which borders on the south side of Providence is the historic…

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The Istanbul Convention: A Peril or Prospect for Armenia?

Armenian society has been at loggerheads over the Istanbul Convention — the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women…

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Rep. Pallone Marks 30th Anniversary of Anti-Armenian Attacks in Baku

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Armenian Caucus founding Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-CA) called on his Congressional colleagues to join him in…

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Getting to Know Knarik Meneshian

The Armenian Weekly staff conducted the following interview with Knarik Meneshian, a longtime contributor to the Weekly and the author…

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Suffolk Grad, Watertown Native Michael Hagopian Goes Pro in Armenia

Michael Hagopian was born to play basketball. “My dad put a ball in my hands when I was really young,”…

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Book Review: Waiting for Sophia at Shutters on the Beach

Waiting for Sophia at Shutters on the Beach By Aris Janigian Regent Press Printers & Publishers, 2019 200 pp. $15.95…

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Hamazkayin Announces Winner of 2019 Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary Literature

The Eastern Regional Executive of Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society announced the winners of the Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize…

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Tourism: An Economic Tide That Can Lift All “Boats”

Bluntly stated, the geostrategic position of Armenia may properly be described as being between a rock and a hard place.…

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Echoes of Deir ez-Zor at Auschwitz

I’ve actually been to Hell – well, this Hell wasn’t located in the fiery depths of the afterlife, but in…

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Tourist Destination or the Homeland?

Many of us in America grew up with at least one picture of eternal Ararat on the wall in our…

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