Karine Vann

Karine Vann is a former editor of the Armenian Weekly. A musician who was deeply affected by the poverty and environmental degradation she observed living in Armenia from 2014 to 2017, she now covers topics at the intersection of consumerism and the environment for local and national publications as a journalist. In addition to writing for the Weekly, her work has appeared in Dig Boston, The Counter, Civil Eats and Waste Dive. To supplement her writing, she has worked in jobs traversing the Greater Boston area's food economy, from farming to fair trade spices. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and anxious beagle, Rasa.
A Word from the Editor

The Economist Ranks Armenia ‘Country of the Year’

A few days ago, a bunch of journalists at the Economist got together and decided, like kindergarten teachers doling out…

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Community News

Lexington Library Unveils New Turkish Book Collection

LEXINGTON, Mass.—Cary Memorial Library of Lexington, Massachusetts is home to a growing World Language Collection, a program offering members of…

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Culture

Meet the Family Making Yogurt with a Healthy Serving of Armenian Culture

In 1929, two Armenian immigrants set up a modest dairy facility in Andover, Massachusetts. Their production was centered on a…

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Memoir

Suburban America Through the Recipe Cabinet of My Immigrant Mother

For years, I’ve eyed my mother’s recipe cabinet longingly. Brimming with books slung together in no particular rhyme or reason,…

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Diaspora

Local Armenian Progressive Group in Solidarity with Pittsburgh

BOSTON, MASS. — Just over five-hundred miles away from the Tree of Life synagogue, where a Jewish community has been…

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Op-Eds

Can Armenia Be the First to Ban Single-Use Plastic in a Throwaway Global Economy?

It has been a slate of good news from Armenia as of late. Topping off several weeks of corruption investigations,…

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Interviews

Transcript: An Interview with Political Analyst Irina Ghaplanyan

This interview originally appeared on the Armenian Weekly Podcast, Episode 1.   Karine Vann: I’m Karine Vann and today on…

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Roundups

Tensions Winding Down in Yerevan—For Now

Yesterday, President Armen Sarkissian gave a statement praising the “logical conclusion” of “democratic developments evolving in the country,” an apparent…

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Roundups

After A Day of Strikes and Celebrations, RPA Relents

Yesterday’s elections with the National Assembly yielded disappointing results for the hundreds of thousands of protesters hoping to elect opposition…

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Pashinyan Emerges as Sole Nominee for Prime Minister, Republican Party Says it Won’t ‘Block the Vote’

This morning, Nikol Pashinyan was nominated for the role of prime minister (PM) by his party, Yelk (“Way Out”), making…

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