
My Dialogue with Gohar
“I, Gohar, full of sin and weak of soul, with my newly learned hands wove this rug. Whosoever reads this, say a word of mercy to God for me. In the year 1149.” (Inscription in […]
“I, Gohar, full of sin and weak of soul, with my newly learned hands wove this rug. Whosoever reads this, say a word of mercy to God for me. In the year 1149.” (Inscription in […]
What can be done about the gross human rights violations endured by the Armenian people of Artsakh? Human rights advocates in the US and beyond have offered some clues about creative remedies for redressing grave […]
Armenians all over the world should have spent the past days in tremendous joy celebrating the 30th anniversary of their country’s independence. Undoubtedly, Independence Day ranks first among the other holidays in any country. But […]
September 21, 2021 is the 30th anniversary of the Third Republic of Armenia. The present state of Armenia is the resumption of the preceding two republics. In the years 1918-1920, statehood was regained with the […]
August 23, 2021: In 2015, I was in New York for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity event during which Noubar Afeyan, one of the co-founders of the Prize, asked me if I knew what “the […]
It was only a couple of years ago when my career as a pharmacist wasn’t of major importance to the Lebanese people. I was seen as an employee in a community pharmacy dispensing prescribed drugs […]
Outside Parliament House, women clenched their banners close to their chests like shields as they rallied against the violence inflicted upon their sisters. It was question time. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison pushed past the […]
What does it mean for Armenians to stand in trans-national solidarity? Monte Melkonian, an Armenian-American revolutionary, leftist and military commander in the Nagorno-Karabakh War during the 1990s, wrote in his article “The Question of Strategy” […]
Recent disputes in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey are of a persistent nature. In addition to the centuries-old, love/hate relationship between the two people, the two NATO-allied states are rivals over natural resources […]
Istanbul’s geographical positioning, rich cultural heritage, religious symbolism and location as a major trading routes’ crossroad led Napoleon Bonaparte to once declare that “if the Earth were a single state, Constantinople would be its capital.” […]
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