Anoush Ter Taulian

Anoush Ter Taulian is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley. In 1992, she decided to relocate to Artsakh where she volunteered in the liberation struggle alongside Monte Melkonian. She has depicted the Armenian struggle for freedom in poetry, paintings, videos, and radio. A lifelong activist speaking in schools, churches, and at anti-racism conferences, Anoush continues to bring up current attacks on Artsakh at indigenous, women's, and political conferences.
Indigenous Connections

Why I Walked in This Year’s Indigenous People’s March

I was covering the Indigenous People’s March in Washington, D.C. for the Armenian Weekly, when international headlines were made. According…

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Haiti’s Colonial Wounds Cannot Heal

Last December marked the 30th anniversary of the terrible Spitak Earthquake, which shook Armenia and killed anywhere between 25,000 and…

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South African-Armenian Solidarity

I used to teach an anti-substance abuse program at an inner city school in New York back in 1990. One…

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Reclaiming Herstory: Ashkhen Hovakimian, the Famed Horticulturist

It is sad to think that there are so many brilliant Armenian women we will never know about. So many…

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Sending Holiday Cheer to Low-Income Armenians in New York City

This holiday season is a good time to consider how to help low income Armenians in our community. Back in…

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Indigenous Connections

How I Became a Soldier

As a veteran of the Artsakh War, I recently marched in New York’s Veterans Parade on November 11. I walked…

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Commentary

A Native Perspective on Thanksgiving

As Armenians, we are no strangers to denial. Yet in this country, perhaps no community has been dealt the hand…

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Poetry

Not Everyone Who Looks White is White

If you look beneath my skin tone, you will see My indigenous Armenian marginalized reality Granddaughter of pained survivor 1915…

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Poetry

Even Violated Rocks Have Memories…

A Poem of Julfa Cemetary Who knows this place ancient Armenian land? Jasmine uplifting fragrance, Shushan yellow lily flowers whirling…

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