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Articles by Meliné Karakashian

Literary Corner

The Making of Komitas: Victim of the Great Crime

October 8, 2019 Meliné Karakashian 1

My interest in Komitas has been evolving since I was a young bride. I used to witness my mother-in-law Kayane proudly show off Komitas’ pictures, which were inscribed to his “sister, Marig.” Marig was Kayane’s […]

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Revisiting Komitas: A More Optimistic, Psychological Reading

May 16, 2019 Meliné Karakashian 5

For over half a century, the story of Komitas, who ended his life in a psychiatric institution after a prolific career as a composer, became a symbol of trauma of the Armenian Genocide. The very […]

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Karakashian: Halide Edib Adıvar on Komitas

October 2, 2017 Meliné Karakashian 5

  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 […]

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Honoring Balaban Hoja: A Hero for Armenian Orphans

May 23, 2017 Meliné Karakashian 10

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 […]

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Karakashian: In Search of Gorky’s Grave

November 18, 2016 Meliné Karakashian 7

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 […]

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Komitas: A Genocide Survivor or Victim?

May 19, 2015 Meliné Karakashian 2

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

February 10, 2015 Meliné Karakashian 3

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

July 24, 2013 Meliné Karakashian 16

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 […]

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