On May 21, 2018, I embarked on the Armenian Heritage Tour for an unforgettable and fulfilling two-week journey to Armenia and Artsakh. It was a deeply emotional trip, including the celebration of Independence Day on […]
Jeppe Strands is pretty ambitious for a 20 year old. The young Dane came to Armenia to study at United World College (UWC) in Dilijan when he was 18. He discovered what many others have […]
William “Bill” Terian has been an artist for most of his life. He has served as an illustrator for local newspapers and even the IRS. So, when The Armenian Weekly put out a call for […]
In 2010 two friends, an Armenian film director and an Arab cameraman decided to record a song called “Togh u Gna” (which translates in English to “Leave! Go!”). They never imagined that just a few […]
French-Armenian mime artist Vahram Zaryan holds a unique place in today’s performance world. A graduate of Armenia’s National Conservatory in Yerevan and the École internationale de Mime de Paris, he has performed on world stages […]
Diàna Markosian, a 29-year-old Armenian-American photographer, has a firm grasp on what displacement can entail. At the age of seven, she moved from Moscow to America. She describes the impact of migration on her life […]
Armenia has always been blessed with bountiful lands, ripe for the agricultural undertaking, and the country’s culinary heritage is, as a result, a point of pride for its residents. But how is food in Armenia […]
A young boy wanders alone through a dark wilderness, lit only by the occasional ghostly flickers of fireflies. He passes through a field, a forest, and a cave before the fireflies lead him to a […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly I met with Leslie Ayvazian on a Thursday afternoon in a hotel in Koreatown called The LINE—right in the heart of LA. Before we sat in a crescent-looking booth at […]
This interview originally appeared on the Armenian Weekly Podcast, Episode 1. Karine Vann: I’m Karine Vann and today on our show, I’m going to be speaking with Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan. She’s a political analyst, […]
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