Angelina Der Arakelian-Dennington

Angelina Der Arakelian-Dennington is an award-winning screenwriter, author and journalist based in Cyprus. She draws on her experience as a descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors and as a member of the Armenian diaspora to explore the intersection of culture, literature and entertainment, examining questions of identity, belonging, memory and storytelling across borders.
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Lonely together: Belonging, isolation and the aftermath of the genocide

April arrives with heaviness. It springs up in the tone of conversations, in the way Armenian names begin to circulate…

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The making of Armenian intelligence: Between survival and reinvention

Today, there are more Armenians living outside the Republic of Armenia than inside it.  Estimates suggest that 8 million to…

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Why fiction became safer than truth in Armenian literature

Recently, on my grandfather’s 98th birthday, I asked him to tell me again about his parents’ escape during the Armenian…

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The rise of the Online Armenian — and what we lose offline

When people ask me where I’m from, I never know how to answer in one clear sentence. My response depends…

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