Year: 2025

Mar- 2025 -

21 March

Announcements

Guest Contributor
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Washington Park Association of Hudson County announces inaugural Hudson County Poetry Festival

Washington Park Association of Hudson County (WPA) is proud to announce its all new Hudson County Poetry Festival, as part…
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21 March

Announcements

Guest Contributor
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“Harehas” development program supports the villages of Gegharkunik

YEREVAN—The 88 villages of the Gegharkunik province of Armenia are facing serious educational and economic challenges, including violence, unemployment, low…
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20 March

Reflections

Aida Chaldranyan
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A mother’s fugue, a child’s refuge: Tending to culture and kin

Since the birth of my son two and a half years ago, I have lived in a kind of fugue…
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20 March

A Word from the Editor

Lilly Torosyan
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A piece of peace, a murder foretold

Growing up, my sister and I spent summers with our mother’s relatives in Yerevan. For two months, every two years,…
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19 March

In Sight

Stepan Piligian
0 58

Thinking of Ruben

We often speak about our quality of life, a term that is generally comparative. It starts at the bottom of…
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19 March

Briefs

Hoory Minoyan
0 72

The Region in Brief

Armenia The Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal investigation into an incident of police brutality in Vanadzor, where Tigran Ulubabyan,…
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19 March

Diaspora

Vrej Dawli
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Tashnagtsutyun as a living legacy, a timeless struggle

Note: These remarks were delivered by the author on March 1, 2025 at the Detroit ARF Azadamard Gomideh’s celebration of…
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19 March

Tashjian's Take

Yeghia Tashjian
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The Kurdish issue in Syria and the future of Turkey’s role in the Levant

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the…
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19 March

Op-Eds

Ara Nazarian, PhD
4 79

The looming Pashinyan peace

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has made yet another colossal misstep, setting the Armenian nation back decades in its pursuit…
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18 March

Youth

AYF-YOARF
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AYF-YOARF 2025 Junior Winter Olympics

From March 14-16, 2025, Junior members of the Armenian Youth Federation – Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF)…
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