We gather around the gash in the earth Called Dudan/Duda/Yudan Dere To commune with the dead Through time and space By measuring depth with the drop of a stone. We release one into the gorge/gouge […]
It seems fitting when a pack of dogs greets us at Turkey’s Ardahan border entry point. I am about to enter the land of my ancestors for an educational pilgrimage from May 25 to June […]
Greater Detroit’s ARS Zavarian Armenian One-Day School welcomed students for a new academic year on Friday, Sept. 8 in Farmington Hills and Saturday, Sept. 9 in Novi, Michigan. Students aged 4-16 greeted old friends and […]
Hundreds of protesters took to Washington, D.C.’s streets on Friday, Sept. 1 to kick off the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s (ARF) “SOS Artsakh” global call to action to demand government intervention to end Azerbaijan’s nearly nine-month […]
Driving through the gates Of this sleeping place, We pass potter’s field and turn up the hill Dotted with flat, tipped stones Toward the Armenian section. When Yankee names turn Greek We know we’re close […]
Red, blue and orange bolts of cloth at various metro Philadelphia JoAnn fabric stores were recently transformed into a 30-yard-long Armenian tricolor banner through the work of four women who accepted the challenge to create […]
On September 29, 2022, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev’s personal public relations machine – otherwise known as the Azerbaijan State News Agency – announced his order deeming 2023 the “Year of Heydar Aliyev” in Azerbaijan. Less […]
Rough map in hand, the bereft walk all roads in search of name and place, word and photo. The lost ones strain to be found as accomplices hold them behind brick walls and build new […]
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — The valor displayed 125 years ago on the plain of Khanasor by nearly 300 Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) fedayees was celebrated on Sunday, July 29 at a picnic hosted by Detroit’s […]
It’s time to plan, it’s time to dream. It’s time to tell tales in colors that lead home. So: Black for horse and mountain, Brown for soil and trunk, Green for leaf and valley, Yellow […]
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