Rupen Janbazian

Rupen Janbazian is the editor of Torontohye Monthly. He is the former editor of The Armenian Weekly and the former director of public relations of the Tufenkian Foundation. Born and raised in Toronto, he is currently based in Yerevan.
Reflections

Five years of being here

Seen in a bigger picture, five years isn’t much time. Still, it’s long enough for novelties to wear off, for…

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Reviews

Who tells the story and why? Inheritance and responsibility in “Ararat” and “Eleanor the Great”

I was 14 when I first watched “Ararat” (2002) at the now-shuttered Cumberland Theater in Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood. It was…

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Reflections

Between bulldozers and groundbreakings: Where is home(land)?

It’s May 26, 2025: Jerusalem Day.  I’m sitting inside a temporary structure built by the Save the ArQ movement in…

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Reflections

Still waiting for my copy

I’ve been sitting with the announcement all morning now, letting it settle.  “A new chapter,” it begins; a title, a…

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Op-Eds

Profanity, power and the politics of distraction

Armenia is facing one of the most critical junctures in its post-independence history. The shock of losing Artsakh hasn’t faded.…

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Op-Eds

My even less controversial proposal: Just add the current coat of arms

Several years ago, then-Weekly columnist Raffi Elliott proposed what he half-jokingly described as an ‘uncontroversial’ revision to one of our…

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Literary Corner

Hambardzumyan weaves universal and Armenian themes in bilingual ‘Top Ten Stories’

Diana Hambardzumyan’s Top Ten Stories lives up to its title while offering far more than expected. Far from being a…

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Reflections

Knowing homeland: The lasting impact of class trips to Armenia

Several weeks ago, during a gathering at our friends’ home, an unsettling debate emerged about whether class trips to Armenia…

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Literary Corner

Book Review | “Armenian Greats—Known and Unknown” by Jirair Tutunjian

Jirair Tutunjian’s latest volume, Armenian Greats—Known and Unknown, is a rich collection of 40 biographical profiles that illuminate the lives…

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Reflections

The things we carry home

I won’t lie — these days, my trips to Toronto often begin with a sense of dread.  The journey feels…

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