Month: May 2020

A Junior Seminar in a Pandemic

As we are writing this, we keep reminding ourselves that today, Monday May 25th, would have been the day that…

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Pandora’s Box for Istanbul Armenians

Only a few months after the long delayed election and appointment of Archbishop Sahag Mashalian as the Armenian Patriarch of…

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‘We Armenians Survived’: COVID-19 Connection Draws Past to Present

ALAMEDA, Calif.—Author Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut’s second non-fiction book—We Armenians Survived! Battle of Marash 1920—consists of eye-witness accounts of civilians caught…

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Childbirth in a pandemic

From the title of this piece, you may be asking yourself, “Why is the guy who rants about trade tariffs…

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An Incredible Armenian Who Retrieved Armenian Orphans from the Syrian Desert

Parnag Shishigyan is a heroic Zeytountsi who retrieved hundreds of Armenian orphans from Arab families in the Syrian desert after…

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Governor Newsom Denies Sassounian Parole

(ASBAREZ)—Despite a recommendation in December by the Board of Parole in favor of Hampig Sassounian’s suitability, on Tuesday, May 26…

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ARF Artsakh Will Not Take Part in Newly-Formed Government

STEPANAKERT – The Central Committee of the Artsakh Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) issued a statement on May 25 that it…

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Who is my neighbor?

Today in a world of new reality, we have started to look at our surroundings more closely than ever before.…

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Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte Featured in Upcoming Francois Jacob Documentary “Under the Same Sun”

PORTLAND, ME—In 2017, Armenian American author, human rights advocate and city councilmember Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte was invited to be featured…

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Experts Discuss Strategies for Accessing Large-Scale Funding for Forest Conservation, Restoration and Afforestation

Armenia has made an ambitious commitment to double its forest cover by 2050 as part of its pledge to the…

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