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A Commitment to Future Generations
From the December 2019 Special Anniversary Magazine Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Hairenik and the 85th Anniversary of the Armenian Weekly With New England’s autumn sun beaming into the corner office of the […]
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Reflections on the Weekly and the Armenian Armed Struggle Movement
From the December 2019 Special Anniversary Magazine Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Hairenik and the 85th Anniversary of the Armenian Weekly The Armenian Weekly’s 85th anniversary commemoration is an opportunity to celebrate the […]
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Following Their Example: My Experiences at the Weekly during a Revolutionary Time in Armenia
From the December 2019 Special Anniversary Magazine Dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of the Hairenik and the 85th Anniversary of the Armenian Weekly When I look back at the years (1984-1989) that I served as […]
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The Name of This Place
The Opening Over the course of ten months in 2014-2015, I traveled to Turkey three times. I went to reconnect with the land where my grandparents had been born and the places they had fled—my […]
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Broken Dreams
From the moment I was told of the sudden news that my high school, AGBU Manoukian High School (AGBU MHS), would be shutting down and merging with AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School, I was in complete shock. […]
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Connected for a Century
NEW BRITAIN, Conn.— When Ardemis arrived in New Britain, Conn., as a 15-year-old orphan of the Armenian Genocide, she immediately set about putting her life in order. The Hairenik, a prominent newspaper that served the […]
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Camp Javakhk: Through a Different Lens
For the eighth consecutive year, counselors from the Eastern Region of the United States visited Javakhk day camps in three towns: Akhalkalak, Akhaltskha, and Ninotminda. Their mission was to teach basic health and hygiene, current […]
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Vazn i Vaz and I Couldn’t be Happier
By Gregory Mikhanjian Cal State Fullerton, Class of 2021 ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship 2019 It didn’t really dawn on me that I was going to be on my own for the first time until I […]
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Hai Tahd: It’s Not Magic
By Varant Anmahouni ANCA Leo Sarkisian – Class of 2019 Georgetown University Law School – Class of 2022 I came to DC in search of a lesson on the organizational aspect of advocacy. Like any […]