While Mayr Hayastan stands high overlooking the hills and valleys of our beloved homeland, Snoop Dogg and his entourage will be sharing the tropes that made him famous in West Coast rap with the people […]
Դաժան կռւում դուք ընկաք Ջահել սիրուն տղաներ Յետոյ կռւից տուն եկաք Որպէս արձաններ Ախ ինչեր կասեք, դէ՜ խօսէք: I haven’t had the emotional wherewithal to write anything about Armenia’s crisis since the 44-day war. My […]
In the January 27, 1977 edition of Asbarez, there was an article written by Mr. Hrayr Garabedian titled “ՄՐՋՆԻԿԸ ՄԱՔՈՒՐ ՀԱՅԵՐԷՆ ԿԸ ԽՕՍԻ” where it detailed his trip to San Francisco to visit friends. He […]
The streets of my San Francisco are empty – ghostlike, masked neighbors are warily creeping around the avenues. Golden Gate Park in its lush green foliage boasts the beauty of my beloved city. Hipster Teslas […]
Radnor Township was first settled in 1663 by a group of 40 Quakers from Radnorshire, Wales. Today, the bucolic town with lush greenery and winding roads happens to be home to an Armenian day school—Armenian […]
It was King Solomon, the wisest man to walk the globe, who stated in the Book of Ecclesiastes “what do workers gain from their toil?” That toil is what my father and many visionaries had […]
It is with this quote from my father’s favorite book by the revolutionary Armenian writer Raffi, that I will attempt to summarize the life of the man who made the most positive and lasting impact […]
School kid: “Hi! What’s your name?” Me: “Suh-vah-nuh Bag-duh-ser-yun.” School kid: “What’s that? What kind of name?” Me: “Armenian.” School kid: “What’s that? Are you Iranian? Do you pray to Ayatollah?” In the 1970s, I […]
To Jurgis the packers had been equivalent to fate; Ostrinski showed him that they were the Beef Trust. They were a gigantic combination of capital, which had crushed all opposition, and overthrown the laws […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly My daughters are downstairs, discussing the different ways to say “promise” in Armenian—one is saying “khostoom” while the other says “ookht” and what ensues is the sweetest argument in […]
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