Op-Eds
Karakashian: Halide Edib Adıvar on Komitas
Special to the Armenian Weekly I first heard the name of Halide Edib Adıvar in Turkey, in 1997, while on a tour, when the tour guide referred to the Genocide of Armenians as “the […]
Articles by Meliné Karakashian
Special Reports
Honoring Balaban Hoja: A Hero for Armenian Orphans
From the Armenian Weekly 2017 Magazine Dedicated to the 102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide To his students in the Aintab orphanage, Sarkis Balabanian (Balaban Hoja) (1882-1963) was not simply a mathematics teacher, but a […]
Special Reports
Karakashian: In Search of Gorky’s Grave
On a clear autumn day, my cousins and I proceeded north toward Sherman, Conn. The 75-minutes’ drive was pleasant on the scenic country roads. In Sherman, we couldn’t find any souvenirs of Arshile Gorky. Gorky […]
Special Reports
Komitas: A Genocide Survivor or Victim?
Special for the Armenian Weekly Komitas (Soghomon Soghomonian) (1869-1935) Soghomon was born to Kevork and Takoohi Soghomonian, a young Armenian Turkish-speaking couple, in Kutahya, Ottoman Turkey. Takoohi composed music, which the couple sang. Soghomon was […]
Obituaries
Herminé Afarian Menakian (1929-2015): My Teacher
Herminé Afarian Menakian passed away recently, on Jan. 21, 2015.2 She was born in Damascus, Syria, to Manuel and “Filor” Afarian, forced deportees from Gurun, Turkey, who established residence in Beirut, Lebanon. Oriort Herminé graduated […]
Opinion
Did Gomidas ‘Go Mad’? Writing a Book on Vartabed’s Trauma
The idea for this article came about when two individuals, one in Armenia, the other in the United States, asked what had led me to write a book on Komitas (Gomidas, in Western Armenian) and […]