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.
Opinion

The grief of not having the right words: Is Western Armenian fading?

I only recently learned that Western Armenian is officially classified as an endangered language. According to UNESCO‘s Atlas of the…

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Reviews

Book review: “First Rule of Fire”

There are certain books that feel less like discoveries and more like encounters waiting to happen — stories that speak…

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Poetry

Petals from exiled roots

They ask me where I’m from like it’s a checkbox, a drop-down menu, a language I should select without hesitation,…

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Commentary

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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Commentary

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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Commentary

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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Commentary

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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