Leeza Arakelian

Leeza Arakelian is the former assistant editor of the Armenian Weekly. She is a graduate of UCLA and Emerson College. Leeza has written and produced for local and network television news including Boston 25 and Al Jazeera America.
Reflections

A Commitment to Future Generations

From the December 2019 Special Anniversary Magazine Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Hairenik and the 85th Anniversary of…

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Community News

Armenian Community Joins Boston ARF in Celebrating 129 Years

WATERTOWN, Mass.—Members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF/Dashnaktsutyun) and the Armenian community of New England paid tribute this week to…

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Community News

Hairenik, Armenian Weekly Host Conference on the Armenian Press

NEW YORK, NY—In honor of the 120th and 85th anniversaries of the Hairenik and Armenian Weekly, a group of journalists,…

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Diaspora

ARF Supreme Council’s Shaghik Maroukhian ‘Energized’ by Diasporan Youth

WATERTOWN, Mass.—Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council member Shaghik Maroukhian says the energy of today’s Diasporan youth is palpable.  “I…

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Community News

US Warship Commissioned in Honor of Armenian-American, Paul Ignatius

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The United States Navy has commissioned its newest, state-of-the-art destroyer—the USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), named after the…

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Community News

NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan Visits Boston Area, ARF Archives

WATERTOWN, Mass.—Armenia’s National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan just wrapped up his three day visit to the Greater Boston area this…

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Community News

Terian Paintings Presented to Pashinyan, Sarkissian

Two original portraits by Weekly illustrator William Terian have been hand delivered to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Armenian…

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Diaspora

Local Benefit Concert Raises $3,000 for Camp Javakhk

BEDFORD, Mass.—More than a hundred people from the local Armenian community and abroad supported this summer’s Camp Javakhk during a…

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Culture

Karanian’s ‘Armenian Highland’ a Touchstone to the Past

Matthew Karanian was about eight years old when he asked for his first camera—a vintage Brownie from his father. “Back…

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Culture

Oror ou Nani Lullaby Collection: A Spiritual Awakening

Vocalist and world musician Khatchadour Khatchadourian is honoring his ‘mother tongue’, while reviving everything that Armenians have ever known about…

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