Diaspora

WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—For runners across the globe, securing a spot in the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon, is…

Special to the Armenian Weekly BOSTON (A.W.)—The 10th annual Berklee Middle Eastern Festival marked a celebration of progress triggered by…

Anyone that’s ever tried to learn Armenian eventually comes into contact with the bizarre duality of the language—namely, that there…

Special to the Armenian Weekly I grew up knowing I was Armenian, but outside of eating pilaf and the I-A-N…

NEW YORK—On March 1, The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, in partnership with the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, hosted distinguished…

Special to the Armenian Weekly I always felt different growing up. It’s kind of hard not to when there are…

Inside a modestly-sized café on Amiryan Street in downtown Yerevan, Westerners tinker away on tiny laptops. Workers from a local…

A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations…

Event at Neiman Marcus raises funds for a dwindling community in Jerusalem CHICAGO, Ill.—A private cocktail reception for renowned artist…

I have a fascination with borders. Movement, escape, freedom, confinement, walls, death, the Rio Grande River, and legal and illegal…