When someone asks you this rather straightforward question, many of us can come up with a place name based on our family’s oral traditions – Keghi, Evereg, Kharpert, Dikranagerd, Aleppo, Bardizag, Bitlis, Kars, whatever. But […]
Once upon a time, I lived in Yerevan. Every morning on my way to school, I would look at Mount Ararat and breathe the fresh Yerevan air – feeling inspired and ready for another day […]
How many times have your heard that immigration agents at Ellis Island (New York) changed your Armenian family’s name when they arrived in this country? This is a prevailing narrative in popular culture, especially in […]
Two Armenian siblings growing up in the Netherlands are no longer in fear of deportation after the Dutch government ruled Saturday that they could stay in the country. Lily and Howick have been living in […]
NETHERLANDS—Two Armenian children, ages 13 and 12, face expulsion from the Netherlands where they have resided for the last 10 years. In 2008, after arriving from Russia, Armina Hambartsjumian, their mother, applied for asylum in […]
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