Lilly Torosyan

Lilly Torosyan is editor of the Armenian Weekly and a member of the Armenian Nutmegger community. (That’s Connecticut nutmegs by way of Sasun walnuts). Her writing focuses on the confluence of identity, cultural continuity and language – especially within the global Armenian communities. She previously served as the assistant project manager at h-pem, an Armenian cultural platform launched by the Hamazkayin Central Executive Board, and a freelance writer in Armenia.
Reflections

War is an ugly duckling

Akh, Badik.  His birth name was Armen—but no one called him that. “Duckling.” I don’t know how he got the…

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A Word from the Editor

The Armenian Weekly turns the page

This is the final print edition of The Armenian Weekly. Six months ago, I wrote my first editorial. I noted,…

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A Word from the Editor

May 1: A date etched in labor, legacy and the printed word

In 1886, workers in Chicago sparked a movement, demanding the eight-hour workday. Three years later, May 1 was declared International…

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Briefs

The Region in Brief

Armenia Amnesty International’s 2024 global report cites Armenia’s significant challenges in integrating over 100,000 displaced residents from Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh. The report…

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A Word from the Editor

A piece of peace, a murder foretold

Growing up, my sister and I spent summers with our mother’s relatives in Yerevan. For two months, every two years,…

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Briefs

The Region in Brief

Armenia The U.S. Embassy has welcomed an agreement between Lydian Canada Ventures and Armenia to restart the Amulsar mining project,…

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A Word from the Editor

Akh parig, Hrant

Ten years to the date, I was at a candlelight vigil in London, co-hosted by SOAS university’s Armenian, Kurdish and…

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A Word from the Editor

After the fire, a rose

Last week, after sending the newspaper off to the printer, I checked into social media. The first post I saw…

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Briefs

The Region in Brief

Armenia Russian border guards have withdrawn from the Agarak border checkpoint, located on the Armenia-Iran border, for the first time…

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A Word from the Editor

The Armenian Weekly: 91 years of light, loss and hope

Today marks the first issue of The Armenian Weekly in its 91st year.  A milestone, yes — but for me,…

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