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Spoiled and Uncompromising

During a recent economic cooperation forum, Turkish President Erdogan referred to the Armenian attitude as “spoiled and uncompromising.” Upon hearing this, I was shocked—appalled almost. Not because what he said was hurtful or offensive, but because, for once, he may be right. We are spoiled: Spoiled with a language gifted to us by God Himself. Some people don

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Arev Dinkjian

Arev Dinkjian grew up in an Armenian household in Fort Lee, NJ. She was always surrounded by art, sourced by her musical father and grandfather, Ara and Onnik, or her creative mother Margo. Arev graduated from Providence College with a degree in elementary and special education. She enjoys teaching language arts to her students and takes great pride in instilling an appreciation for literature in her classroom. She is a former member of the New Jersey AYF “Arsen" Chapter and a member of both the Bergen County ARS and the Sts. Vartanantz Ladies’ Guild. She also dedicated many summers to AYF Camp Haiastan, which she says remains her favorite topic to write about.

6 Comments

  1. Dear Arev…..you rock! Your heart, your spirit is something to behold. I’m do proud of you! You are an inspiration for us all! To say I Love you, is a huge understatement! Now, I think you should start writing a book. ♥️💙🧡

  2. I first learned of the Armenian Genocide in a book called “The CIA’s Greatest Hits”. The mention of the genocide came up in the chapter about the CIA’s installation of Suharto in Indonesia. The general’s slaughter of almost 1,000,000 people immediately after coming to power, and then his slaughter of thousands in East Timor, made him one of the #1 mass murderers of the 20th century, alongside the Turks who massacred the Armenians (as well as Hitler, Stalin, and successive governments in Guatemala following the CIA’s coup against Jacobo Arbenz).

  3. A beautiful article; every word the truth. This article touched my heart with
    love. I am proud to be an Armenian.

  4. Thank you Arev for sharing your beautiful thoughts and words with us. It has been some bleak weeks for Armenians and your words are uplifting to a community in need of that. I have been sharing with friends and their comments echo that sentiment. We grew up on your grandfather’s wonderful music. My mother used to say it was her “drug”. Please tell your grandfather that was from Floraine. Of course, he performed at our wedding !!!

  5. Well said…using his own words…LOL

    Hye Strong and Never Forget.
    We are a unique race of artists, engineers, mathematicians, scientists…our names usually end with i.a.n. Look for those names everywhere you go, and see what we have contributed to societies all over the world…we have enriched other peoples’ lands when we were driven out of our own.

    Tell me. What have Turks contributed? A Genocide.

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