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Tales from Trebizond

June 24, 2020 Dr. Anastasios Mavrakis 3

Continuing the search for authenticity, truth and the origins of the world, I had to stop and study Trebizond. Trebizond comes from the word ‘Trapezous’, which in Greek means table – the table of abundance, […]

Family Histories

Our Land: Finding My Family’s Village in Western Armenia

April 22, 2020 Araxie Cass 11

This is a sequel, long overdue, to my piece Mascots and Flags: Thoughts from a Genocide Amusement Park. That piece was written in a couple of hours, fueled by the raw horror of finding my […]

Travel

The Armenian Town That Replaced Mining With Sustainable Development

October 23, 2019 Araxie Cass 2

In Armenia, the Amulsar debate continues, with the Minister of Environment calling for the examination of more data. The buzz surrounding the crisis has somewhat subsided, but traveling through Armenia this summer I saw the […]

In Sight

Those of Us Who Were Left Behind…

October 2, 2019 Stepan Piligian 8

Nothing was more evident in my mind this past week than this beautiful quotation by Vache Thomassian. I was fortunate to attend a public lecture sponsored by NAASR and AGBU New England. The speaker was […]

Travel

Making ‘The Armenian Highland’

August 7, 2019 Matthew Karanian 8

Eight or nine soldiers, or maybe they were ten, greeted me with cold stares as I got off the Turkish Airlines plane and walked across the tarmac. Each of them wore camo and each of […]

In Sight

American Armenians and Western Armenia: Rebuilding the Connection

July 25, 2019 Stepan Piligian 3

For many decades, generations in this country have uttered, “We are Vanetzi” or “Our family is Kharpetzi.” Another popular one is, “We are proud Sepastiatzis.” To some, especially the new generation, the question is what […]

History

The Many Lives of a Church in Gurin

June 27, 2019 George Aghjayan 10

During my numerous trips to our historic homeland, I have witnessed tragic and quite common sites found in the remnants of our ancient churches, re-purposed into barns and mosques, and many times even outright destroyed. […]

Literary Corner

Karanian’s ‘Armenian Highland’ a Touchstone to the Past

June 19, 2019 Leeza Arakelian 4

Matthew Karanian was about eight years old when he asked for his first camera—a vintage Brownie from his father. “Back then, we were using film,” he recalled one afternoon during a visit to the Hairenik […]

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Armenian Activist Detained in Turkey for Using the Word ‘Genocide’

April 29, 2019 Manuk Avedikyan 2

ISTANBUL—A prominent Turkish-Armenian activist was taken into custody last week for making controversial anti-Turkish narratives and using the term “genocide” during a requiem service on Armenian Genocide commemoration day. Nor Zartonk activist Alexis Kalk was […]

Literary Corner

Searching for Genocide Survivors a Century Ago, in the Classifieds

March 27, 2019 Matthew Karanian 3

One century ago, on April 22, 1919, my grandfather placed a classified advertisement in the Hairenik, the leading Armenian language newspaper in the United States. His message was simple, and it was direct. I am […]

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