Garen Mouths Off
Amulsar Update
In the three weeks since I last addressed the Amulsar gold mine issue, it has remained heated and not yet resolved for the better. Prime Minister Pashinyan had held a meeting on August 19th in […]
Armenia
In Sight
The Joy of Coming Home
We call it the “homeland” for a reason. The “land” of our Republic of Armenia and Artsakh (along with our never forgotten western highlands and Cilicia) are where we originated and what we hold in […]
Notes from the Pink City
Kim Kardashian will fit right in at WCIT 2019
Kim Kardashan broke the Internet again! Well, the Armenian Internet anyway. When the organizing team of the World Congress on Information Technology, of which I am a member, broke the news that Armenia’s prodigal daughter […]
Community
Statue of Nurse who Rescued Thousands of Armenian Orphans to be Erected this Weekend
Born in the village of Chegoggin, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1872, nurse Sara Corning made it her life’s mission to help others. In her mid-twenties, she moved to the United States for training and worked […]
News
A New Academic Year at UWC Dilijan: Five Years of Giving
DILIJAN—The new academic year has started in UWC Dilijan. The college has opened its doors to 117 new students and now has 226 students in total coming from more than 80 countries. The teaching staff […]
Garen Mouths Off
Graceful Giving or Pathetic Pandering?
You may have read Ara Khachatourian’s “Playground Gear at Center of Glendale City Council Race” last week. In this piece, we learned of a strange situation that arose at a Glendale City Council meeting. The […]
Notes from the Pink City
The Repat who Brought Recycling to Armenia
Yerevan’s struggle to manage the city’s waste has been dominating the news cycle lately. However, what Armenians do with their refuse is an age-old question. The Nubarashen landfill, located on the outskirts of the working-class […]
Travel
First Impressions—Part I
I really didn’t want to go. The thought of traveling for two days to get to my destination was not too appealing, nor was the fact that I would be flying internationally. My travels to […]
News
Armenian Government Still Undecided on Amulsar Issue
YEREVAN—The Armenian government has yet again postponed any ruling on the safety of the controversial Amulsar gold mine. At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Environmental Protection Eric Grigoryan briefed the Prime Minister on […]
In Sight
Connecting with Our Armenia
For many of us from the diaspora, we have all shared this experience—after months and perhaps years of anticipation, our first trip to the Republic of Armenia. The homeland. The motherland. The Hairenik. Whatever your […]