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Embracing Social Justice: The ARF in Armenia

January 27, 2016 at 2:08 pm Houry Mayissian 9

  The Armenian Weekly Magazine Dec. 2015: The ARF at 125 After decades of being banned from Soviet Armenia, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) re-established its presence in the homeland with the emergence of the […]

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It’s ‘No to Plunder’, Not an Armenian ‘Maidan’

June 25, 2015 at 11:34 am Houry Mayissian 45

Special to the Armenian Weekly When I shared some of the early photos of the protests by the “No to Plunder” movement on Facebook, one of my friends contacted me to privately protest that I […]

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The Gyumri Killings: Beyond the Legal Arguments

January 20, 2015 at 11:01 am Houry Mayissian 38

Special for the Armenian Weekly More than a week since the Gyumri killings, the city and Armenia at large are still struggling to come to terms with the heinous crime that wiped out an entire […]

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Armenia’s Changing Political Landscape

June 11, 2014 at 10:31 am Houry Mayissian 1

Special for the Armenian Weekly Armenia’s political landscape saw quite a few developments in the weeks following the resignation of former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The events that transpired served no other purpose than to […]

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Thoughts on What It Means to Be Armenian

March 5, 2014 at 8:48 am Houry Mayissian 25

Special for the Armenian Weekly This year, we traveled to Beirut to celebrate Christmas with my family. It was a joyful time despite the stresses of frequent suicide bombings and already nerve-wracking traffic, compounded by the Syrian […]

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A Wake-Up Call for Armenia and the Diaspora

November 22, 2013 at 11:12 am Houry Mayissian 49

Two weeks ago a few hundred Armenian citizens and activists heeded to Shant Harutyunyan’s call for revolution. Armed with homemade explosives, batons, and rocks they started marching toward the Presidential Palace, clashing with police on […]

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Channeling Diasporan Entrepreneurship into Armenia

October 18, 2013 at 10:04 am Houry Mayissian 4

A recent World Bank report entitled, “Fostering Entrepreneurship in Armenia,” rated Armenia as having the highest level of entrepreneurial activity among the countries of the South Caucasus. This was due to a strong math and […]

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Democracy, Sovereignty and Armenia’s Eurasian Path

September 12, 2013 at 9:34 am Houry Mayissian 13

As Armenia turns 22 this month, our country finds itself at a crossroads—perhaps the most defining one in its independent existence. After four years of negotiations with the European Union (EU) on the terms of […]

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One Soldier’s Tragedy, an Entire Nation’s Shame

August 22, 2013 at 8:07 am Houry Mayissian 17

“The citizens of the Republic of Armenia shall be under the protection of the Republic of Armenia within the territory of the Republic of Armenia and beyond its borders.” –Article 11.3, Constitution of the Republic […]

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Gariné’s House of Hope and Rebirth

July 17, 2013 at 11:21 am Houry Mayissian 4

Zaruhi Petrosyan, Mariam Gevorgyan, Maro Gulyan. Many of us have heard their names and their stories. They have become the public faces of domestic violence in Armenia, Zaruhi and Maro with their untimely and tragic […]

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