Month: August 2021
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Aug- 2021 -31 AugustMy Turn
Armenian parliamentarians brawl while the barbarians are at the gates
Another appropriate title would have been, “Parliamentarians fiddle while Armenia burns,” which is my version of the well-known historic phrase,…
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31 AugustNews
ONEArmenia shifts to travel experience incubator
YEREVAN—ONEArmenia (1A), the for-purpose organization that since 2012 has fundraised over $7 million for 35 socio-economic projects in Armenia, has…
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31 AugustDiaspora
William Saroyan House Museum celebrates author’s 113th birthday, 3rd anniversary
FRESNO, Calif.—August 31 marks the 113th birth anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning Armenian-American writer William Saroyan. His Armenian…
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30 AugustHeadline
Jirair Ratevosian tapped for US State Department role
WASHINGTON, DC—Jirair Ratevosian, MPH—an Armenian-American advocate for global health and human rights—has been appointed by President Joe Biden to serve…
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30 AugustAnnouncements
“Seismic Histories in Nadia Owusu’s Aftershocks” to explore family history, historical reckoning
BELMONT, Mass.—The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), the Bentley University Department of English and Media Studies and…
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27 AugustDiaspora
St. Illuminator’s donates to Bird’s Nest Orphanage, Zarehian Theological Seminary, families in Lebanon
On Thursday, July 29, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, received Rev. Fr. Mesrob Lakissian,…
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25 AugustDiaspora
Providence: Generations pass the spirit—Olympics and more
As often was the case, Tom Vartabedian said it best, and he used the term “green machine” in referring to…
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25 AugustIn Sight
The Unfortunate Tradeoff of Survival and Sovereignty
Is this our fate as a nation? To always be denied the warm embrace of true freedom? Since the fall…
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25 AugustNews
The Path of a Repat: From Volunteering to Settling Down in Armenia
With bounded mouths and fixed eyes, under the sounds of Armenian duduk, they were standing in the middle of the…
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25 AugustTravel
Discovering Armenian Architecture in the Province of Sepastia
Continuing my journey in search of truth and authenticity, I reached Gürün in the Sepastia (Sivas) province back in 2018.…
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