Month: August 2024

Aunt Rosemary’s Brother

A few weeks ago I stopped at my grandmother’s for coffee, and sitting at her round wooden table was Aunt…

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Chidem Inch: Not those Olympics…

The calendar just flipped to August, and I am feeling the growing excitement for the Olympics.  No, not those Olympics.…

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Turkey allocated $544 million to invigorate its communities in foreign countries

Two months ago, I wrote an analysis titled: “Turkey is Backing its Citizens Abroad, While Armenia is Alienating its Diaspora.”…

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My AYF journey and fight with assimilation

As a current AYF Camp Haiastan staff member, I have had the pleasure of spending the summer reflecting on my…

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Book Review | “Simply Quince”

Simply Quince By Barbara Ghazarian 209 Pages Published 2009 Quince (“cer-keh-vil” or սերկևիլ) is a prominent part of Armenian food…

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The Grey Wolves and the role of German intelligence in its establishment

The Grey Wolves, formally known as Ülkü Ocakları or Idealist Hearths, is a Turkish ultranationalist and neo-fascist youth organization closely…

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When we criticize others

Sometimes we criticize others, and sometimes others criticize us. Sometimes criticisms are constructive, and sometimes they are destructive. Usually, we…

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Calouste Gulbenkian, the Armenian oil magnate of the 20th century

As I continue to cover and uncover the stories of the great Armenians of today, sometimes I come across profiles…

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AMAA 105th annual meeting banquet to be held in Canada

By Harout Nercessian, AMAA representative in Canada PARAMUS, N.J.—The Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) 105th annual meeting banquet, “Celebrating…

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H. Hovnanian Family Foundation establishes permanent presence in Vanadzor

VANADZOR, Armenia—“Our foundation is trying to build a vision for Birthright Armenia, Armenian Volunteer Corps (AVC) and all of our…

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