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Articles by Houry Mayissian

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Aztag Daily’s Kandaharian on Supporting the Lebanese Armenian Community

July 7, 2020 Houry Mayissian 0

Lebanon is grappling with its worst economic crisis in decades. The Lebanese pound, for many years pegged to the US dollar has significantly lost its value, leading to wide-scale inflation and unemployment.  At 150 percent, […]

Opinion

In Solidarity with the Armenians of Lebanon

June 12, 2020 Houry Mayissian 10

My community in Lebanon needs me. It needs you, it needs us.  Lebanon’s imminent economic collapse and increasingly deepening political crisis have had an insurmountable toll on the Armenian community. To add insult to injury, […]

Opinion

COVID-19 and the Test for Good Citizenship

March 17, 2020 Houry Mayissian 0

Difficult times have a way of bringing out the worst, and the best, in people. As the world grapples with the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic, governments are struggling to contain the virus, health systems are coming […]

Opinion

Let’s talk domestic violence

March 11, 2020 Houry Mayissian 11

As Armenia celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, 13 year-old Nazeli lay in a hospital bed in Yerevan fighting for dear life, after being severely beaten by her mother’s partner. Her mother was less […]

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Embracing Social Justice: The ARF in Armenia

January 27, 2016 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 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 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 […]

Headline

Armenia’s Changing Political Landscape

June 11, 2014 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 […]

Headline

Thoughts on What It Means to Be Armenian

March 5, 2014 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 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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