LONDON—The Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS) published the results of a first ever survey, which provides a snapshot of the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the Armenian world in the 21st century. The 150-page Armenian Diaspora […]
I put down the pen and stared at the paper for ten minutes. I checked the dictionary, revisited my mind’s wordbook. Countless minutes passed. I was still unable to find what I was looking for. […]
Have you wondered why some Armenians have cumbersome surnames such as Soghanyemezian, Chookaszian, Beshigtashlian, Srmakeshkhanlian, Deoshoghlanian and Jingabedoghlu? And if you knew the meaning of certain uncomplimentary Armenian surnames (Boujikanian—short man), Kherdian (destroyed and fled), […]
Last week I had the chance to hear and chat with Ara Sarafian of the Gomidas Institute (GI). For full disclosure—I’ve been assisting in doing some fundraising for GI’s publications. Some of the points Ara […]
Alik Arzoumanian’s story begins in Lebanon, where she grew up making books for her siblings using simple markers. “We didn’t have many Armenian books back then,” she recalled in her vibrant kindergarten classroom one afternoon. […]
“Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going” As I read the list of endangered languages published by the United Nations Educational, […]
Growing up as a child of two Syrian immigrants of Armenian descent, I had access to multiple clandestine languages that perfumed the ether of my childhood. Both my parents were Middle Eastern city-slickers, raised in […]
Anyone that’s ever tried to learn Armenian eventually comes into contact with the bizarre duality of the language—namely, that there are two. And these two dialects are divided, as the rest of the world appears […]
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