Memoir
Magnificent Vision
The great bass horn of the steamship thundered over the din of the busy port city of Smyrna (lzmir, Turkey). A slight young woman, back straight, eyes tearing, was waving down to her family on […]
Month: May 2023
Youth
2023 AYF-YOARF Junior Seminar convenes with over 400 attendees
LIGONIER, Penn. – Over Memorial Day weekend, hundreds of Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) members gathered for the 51st annual Junior Seminar. Members from around the region met at Ligonier Camp and Conference Center, a new […]
Diaspora
Providence ARF remembers and celebrates the Khanasor expedition and Armenian independence
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Providence “Kristapor” Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) held its annual Khanasor and Armenian Independence Day picnic on Sunday at Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church. About 200 picnic supporters enjoyed delicious beef tip kebabs, losh […]
Featured
Besieged Artsakh and Mental Health
My early morning coffee on my balcony in front of the Artsakh Foreign Office exposes sunlit green laces of acacia, chirping birds and aquamarine mountain ranges soaring to the gray of the sky on the […]
Opinion
Chidem Inch: May 28th
This week, we marked May 28—the 105th anniversary of the establishment of the first Armenian Republic. It was the first Armenian ruled nation in 600 years. Given the devastation of the 1915 Genocide, it is […]
News
Aliyev threatens Artsakh to dissolve its government
The United States has praised Azerbaijan’s offer of “amnesty” to Artsakh—made under the threat of a military operation against the region’s Armenian population. “We recently expressed appreciation for Prime Minister Pashinyan’s commitment to peace, and […]
Briefs
The Region in Brief
Armenia Azerbaijan has detained two Armenian soldiers along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Azerbaijan’s State Border Service said that Harut Hovagimyan and Karen Ghazaryan were part of a “sabotage group” found in Azerbaijan’s southwestern district Zangilan. They […]
Youth
AYF-YOARF Eastern Region condemns Pashinyan’s recognition of Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan
The AYF-YOARF Eastern Region strongly condemns the Armenian government’s recognition of Artsakh as Azerbaijani territory and calls for the removal of the treacherous Pashinyan regime by any means necessary. Pashinyan and his cadre of traitors […]
Photography
Photography and installation explore issues of dislocation and cultural identity at Armenian Museum of America
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America (AMofA) has announced the opening of its next contemporary art exhibition, “Ara Oshagan: Disrupted, Borders.” The show follows the AMofA’s blockbuster exhibit, “On the Edge: Los Angeles Art 1970s-1990s […]
Music
Armenian Cultural Foundation announces concert featuring Treasures of Armenian Classical Music
ARLINGTON, Mass. – Treasures of Armenian Classical Music will be featured at a concert sponsored by the Armenian Cultural Foundation (ACF), co-sponsored by the Amaras Art Alliance, on Sunday, June 11, at 4 p.m. Pianist […]