Special Reports
Lovestruck and Labeled
When I was 19 and living in Ireland, a young man named Declan asked me out on a date. “Feel free to say no,” he wrote via text, clearly anticipating rejection. “I won’t be offended.” […]
Special Reports
History
Before ‘Ravished Armenia’…
When the American-made motion picture Ravished Armenia was released in 1919, it became the first film to tell the story of the World War I Armenian Genocide through the eyes of a survivor, Aurora Mardiganian. […]
Investigations
Clinging to Identity
In a classroom decorated with ancient and modern maps and photos of students in front of statues and monuments, restless high school juniors dressed in navy and plaid uniforms are seated at their desks trying […]
History
Thirty Years in Armenian Journalism
Although I have spent the last 45 years in the United States, I consider myself more of a citizen of the world. For thirty years, I was a journalist. I learned to explore and explain […]
Investigations
Banning Single-Use Plastics: Can Armenia Take Out the Trash for Good?
Stand outside of any supermarket in Yerevan for an afternoon and Armenia’s plastic problem comes into focus. In a larger, wealthier nation, it’s easy to lose sight of the waste stream, or how our plastics […]
Special Reports
Local Voices Express Hopeful Expectations and Cautious Skepticisms
It has been over three weeks since we are living in a different Armenia. Now, in just a few days, the interim government will present its program of short term policies. Many are hopeful about […]
History
A Glimpse into the First Republic Archives
From the Armenian Weekly 2018 Magazine Dedicated to the Centennial of the First Republic of Armenia This special magazine issue of the Hairenik newspapers is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Armenian Republic […]
History
Demoyan: Celebrating the Republic
From the Armenian Weekly 2018 Magazine Dedicated to the Centennial of the First Republic of Armenia The establishment of the First Armenian Republic took place at one of the most crucial periods of the Armenian […]
Research
Becoming Aram: The Formative Years of a Revolutionary Statesman (1879-1908)
From the Armenian Weekly 2018 Magazine Dedicated to the Centennial of the First Republic of Armenia If you had told Aram Manoukian on March 6, 1908, that within a decade he would successfully lead the […]
Research
Marriage Contract: Armenians against Venereal Diseases at the Beginning of the 20th Century
From the Armenian Weekly 2018 Magazine Dedicated to the Centennial of the First Republic of Armenia “Hidden venereal diseases[1] have begun to spread also among us, as they were spread in Russia and Europe. Syphilis[2] […]