Special to the Armenian Weekly It’s undeniably a haunting photograph, no matter who you are. Taken sometime in 1918, in Al-Salt in what is now Jordan, it depicts three disheveled young men, 1,000 yard stares […]
The Flight Attendant By Chris Bohjalian Doubleday, New York (March 13, 2018), 368 pp. ISBN: 978-0385542418; Hardcover, $26.95 Special to the Armenian Weekly About 20 pages into The Flight Attendant—by the time protagonist Cassie Snowden extricates […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly I am flabbergasted. Confused even. I am scratching my head as I read posts and articles from cynical and shortsighted people, who are criticizing the likely appointment of current President […]
The Sins of the Fathers: Turkish Denialism and the Armenian Genocide By Siobhan Nash-Marshall The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York (Jan. 1, 2018), 256 pp. ISBN: 978-0824599164; Paperback, $24.95 Special to the Armenian Weekly Denial is […]
For many villagers across Armenia, karases—the egg-shaped terracotta jugs used for winemaking in the region—aren’t worth the basement space they occupy. Despite the fact that in recent years, they have become a symbol of […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly Two recent books from the Beirut publishing house Al Ayn’s “Photographes du Moyen Orient” (Collection Traces) help to fill in cultural lacunae in the Middle Eastern world—gaps created by a […]
When was the last time you licensed out your song or book? Or sold your trademarked design or patented invention? Or performed lighting fixtures or air conditioning installation work? Or how about the last time […]
It has been months now that the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia is preparing changes to the country’s labor code. The changes were supposed to be submitted by the end of January […]
The state has again blocked the long-delayed election of a new Armenian Apostolic Patriarch, arguing that such an election would be contrary to the community’s traditions. Yet, freedom of religion or belief protects the right […]
Over the past several years, the post-Soviet petrostate of Azerbaijan has sought to promote a sanitized image of itself through a targeted media campaign. From elaborate architectural investments, such as the $250,000,000 Heydar Aliyev Center, to […]
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