Translated by Seta Melkonian, edited by Gregory Topalian London: Gomidas Institute, 2010, 66 pp. ISBN 9781903656266, $14 Monte Melkonian became a famous military commander in the Nagorno-Karabagh war in the 1990’s, where he was killed […]
Iran’s human rights issues, its greater involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict and in regional politics, and its controversial nuclear program have put the country on the most debated list in various foreign policy forums and […]
Although more than a month has passed since the death of Zaruhi Petrosyan—the 20-year-old mother whose death was attributed to severe beatings at the hands of her husband and mother-in-law—the story of her tragic death […]
Karabagh occupies a very small piece of the earth’s surface, but it represents the sum and substance of Hai Tahd (Armenian Cause) and the political fortunes of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). Some may view […]
On Nov. 9, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave an interview to the Turkish-Armenian “Jamanak newspaper,” in which he praised the country’s Armenian community as an “important and valuable” part of Turkey, talked about […]
Very few works of art communicate the Armenian spirit—its strength and depth, its continuous pain and inexplicably persistent hope—to the degree it is communicated through the music of Vartabet Komitas and the art of Yervand […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—On Saturday, Oct. 23, the International Human Rights Law Association (IHRLA) at the University of California, Los Angeles hosted a conference titled “Genocide and Then What? The Law, Ethics, and Politics of Making […]
The 120-year history of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) is replete with accomplishments and struggles on various fronts for social justice and Armenian national ideals and aspirations. The ARF was established in 1890 with the […]
The Forgotten Global Humanitarian Response While America’s response to the Armenian Genocide has in recent years gained increased attention thanks to well-researched literary works such as The Burning Tigris by Peter Balakian and The Starving […]
Armenians have faced significant challenges in the past 20 years, including the devastating earthquake of 1988, the independence of the republic in 1991, the closing of the Metzamor Nuclear Power Station for a while, and […]
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