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Articles by Vicken Babkenian

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Frances Willard: Armenia’s Angel on Capitol Hill

September 18, 2019 Vicken Babkenian 10

Inside the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., each state is represented by a statue of its most honored citizen. While most of the 50 states have chosen men to represent […]

Literary Corner

The Making of ‘Armenia, Australia and the Great War’

September 4, 2019 Vicken Babkenian 7

On April 25, 1915, just a day after the mass arrest of Armenian leaders in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, a large force of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzacs) landed […]

History

Before ‘Ravished Armenia’…

October 25, 2018 Vicken Babkenian 5

When the American-made motion picture Ravished Armenia was released in 1919, it became the first film to tell the story of the World War I Armenian Genocide through the eyes of a survivor, Aurora Mardiganian. […]

Opinion

America’s Chosen Executives Help Save Lives of Armenian Children

August 3, 2011 Vicken Babkenian 9

The end of the First World War brought to a conclusion what had been regarded at the time as the bloodiest conflict in human history. For the tens of thousands of Armenians who survived the […]

Opinion

Hollywood’s First Celebrity Humanitarian that America Forgot

January 7, 2011 Vicken Babkenian 8

A story that made the rounds in Hollywood in the 1960’s told of how a little girl who had been a fan of the TV series “The Addams Family” was lunching with her mother in […]

Opinion

Cuba, China, Korea, Hawaii and the Armenian Genocide

November 10, 2010 Vicken Babkenian 16

The Forgotten Global Humanitarian Response While America’s response to the Armenian Genocide has in recent years gained increased attention thanks to well-researched literary works such as The Burning Tigris by Peter Balakian and The Starving […]

Opinion

Japan and the Armenian Genocide

September 29, 2010 Vicken Babkenian 46

A Forgotten International Humanitarian Relief Episode The devastation and immense human suffering caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti resulted in an enormous international humanitarian relief response. Japan once again found itself participating in a […]

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