Commentary
Hunters of Armenian Treasures
The word ‘talan’ has the same meaning in both Turkish and Armenian. It means plunder, pillage or looting. It is a historic fact that the rise and success of the Ottoman Empire was directly linked […]
Opinion
Opinion
Is Lebanon really home?
Ossana was 19 years old during the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Born in 1896 in Urfa, in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey today), she found herself in Beirut, Lebanon after the ordeal she and her people […]
Opinion
Are Armenians White?
It’s a question many of us have asked, puzzled, debated, and even had heated arguments over. During this heightened national conversation about race in the US, it has become an increasingly important one for us […]
Opinion
The neo-Ottomans are back. How should Lebanese Armenians respond?
Lebanese resilience is being severely tested by the ongoing financial crisis. Economic and social costs are overwhelming, and the middle class is disappearing as poverty spirals out of control. The Lebanese currency has almost lost […]
Opinion
Black Kochari
On the first day of kindergarten in Boulder, Colorado, we gathered in a circle, and the teacher asked us to stand up, introduce ourselves and tell everyone where we were from. I stood up, and […]
Opinion
Eliot Engel: The Right Man for the Job
Over the past half-century, the Armenian American community has grown and developed as an amalgam of ideals, geographic locations and worldviews. The various ideologies that influence our personal interactions, however, do not overtake the true […]
Opinion
In Solidarity with the Armenians of Lebanon
My community in Lebanon needs me. It needs you, it needs us. Lebanon’s imminent economic collapse and increasingly deepening political crisis have had an insurmountable toll on the Armenian community. To add insult to injury, […]
Opinion
A Conversation about Racism and Violence with my Fellow Armenian-Americans
In 1971, I was 12 years old, and Muhammad Ali was all the rage in Tehran. All were in awe of the brash young American boxer who was a sight to behold in and outside […]
Opinion
Western Armenian Renaissance – Update 2.1
My colleague put it perfectly on the fourth episode of the Meet the Revolution podcast. “When it comes to language—the Armenian language—there’s been some sort of online virtual renaissance, almost like a virtual զարթօնք (zartonk […]
Opinion
Black Lives Should Matter to the Armenian Diaspora
Kostan Zarian, in his philosophical work, Countries and Gods (Yerkirner yev Astvatsner, 1936) first published as a trilogy in Hairenik, the Armenian language counterpart of the Armenian Weekly, wrote about his encounter with a black […]