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Poem: The Dadeek’s Prayer
The Dadeek, grandmother of the clan— Still dressed in the old ways, The subservient ways, In the days when her cross Was hidden under cloth That covered her head, chin, and neck, And her prayers […]
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‘The Next 100 Years’ May Not Bode Well for Armenia
Corporate Intelligence Guru George Friedman’s Latest Book Predicts Turkish Superpower WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—To personify the tone of George Friedman’s newest book of speculative geopolitics, The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (Doubleday, […]
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‘As I See It’ (‘Eem Dessangyune’)
When is a book considered worthy of the investment of its readership? From personal experience I can say it’s when the book is so interesting that you can’t stop turning the pages fast enough to […]
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An Eminent Mother-Daughter Writing Duo in Armenia
YEREVAN—One book doesn’t necessarily make an accomplished author, but with Knarig Svazlian it’s a step in the right direction. The 41-year-old just published a work titled The History of the Armenian Community in America, dating […]
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West of the West Shines Mourning Sunshine on American Life
WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.) — Not to cast a shadow on “This American Life’s” Ira Glass, but when it comes to native Californian expose and nonfiction writing, no one else can hold a candle in the […]
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Canada: Prelacy Names Kaprielian-Churchill ‘Person of the Year’
On May 22, at the annual Prelacy conference in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Hagopian honored Dr. Isabel Kaprielian-Churchill with the Person of the Year Award for her contributions to the Armenian community […]
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Poem: The Call (to Neda)
On a summer day in this ancient land where a pagan sun once reigned supreme in a merciless encounter between hope and fear in the eternal sphere of creation— on the streets of a city […]
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Volume 29 of Haigazian Armenological Review Published
BEIRUT, Lebanon (A.W.)—On May 14, Haigazian University launched the 29th volume of its Armenological Review in the presence of the university’s president, Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian, parliament member Dr. Yeghia Jerejian, and scholars and intellectuals […]
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Speaking to be Heard: An Interview with Vartan Oskanian
Below is an interview with Armenia’s former Foreign Minister of Vartan Oskanian about his recently published book, Speaking to Be Heard. Hourig Mayissian: What led you to prepare Speaking to Be Heard? Vartan Oskanian: Even […]
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Poem: Captive@limbo.com
The other day A laptop won me In a raffle Until then My lap had favored Softer bottoms And carrot-tops Now I spend Most of my time In virtual life In a cosmos called The […]