AYF Olympics
A full Friday at AYF Olympics
The AYF Olympics revs up quickly on Friday with golf and tennis first thing in the morning. The golfers and tennis players were up bright and early, as the shotgun start for golf was at […]
Month: August 2024
AYF Olympics
Thursday arrivals at the AYF Olympics
I love Thursday evening at the AYF Olympics. For the most part, the only people here are the local committee, the athletes who are playing golf and tennis first thing Friday morning, the Governing Body […]
Armenian Sports Block
Azat Baghdasaryan looking to bring golf “up to par” for Armenians in Los Angeles
Golf is regarded by some as “the greatest game.” A sport that teaches some of life’s valuable lessons, like patience and respect, has rarely branched into the Armenian sports stratosphere. But soon, a young man […]
Into the Archives
Olympics eve, shirts and caps
It is Wednesday evening. Tomorrow we load up the car and drive to Detroit for the 90th AYF Olympics. It is wonderful to return to Detroit, where I grew up, for the Olympics. It is […]
In Sight
Embracing the essence of a pontifical visit
As we enter the fall season, Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia will return to the eastern United States for the second and concluding leg of his pontifical visit to these shores, […]
Briefs
The Region in Brief
Artsakh On August 28, the National Assembly of Artsakh facilitated a meeting between members of the Committee for Collective Repatriation and the Protection of Fundamental Rights of the Artsakh People and deputies from the Artsakh […]
News
Putin and Aliyev continue discussions on Armenia and Azerbaijan
YEREVAN—Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held a phone conversation to review the outcomes of Putin’s recent state visit to Baku and to discuss the ongoing peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, […]
Non-Profit
Planting seeds of hope
Loss. It’s a word that has defined the lives of the 120,000 refugees who were forced to flee Artsakh in September 2023. These families have faced the unimaginable — loss of jobs, land, loved ones. […]
Literary Corner
IALA’s Armenian books to read this summer
Looking for your next read, but can’t decide where to start? Here are four new and compelling books written by Armenian authors in a list compiled by the International Armenian Literary Alliance. From a short […]
Literary Corner
Apricot Blood
Rivers of patterns splay on a proud khachkar tall, baked by a glowing apricot sky and looming mountains, crisp like knuckles. All rocks cast a shadow. The mountains throw down a gaze where the daisy-yellow […]