Literary Corner
Making ‘The Armenian Highland’
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 […]
Western Armenia
In Sight
American Armenians and Western Armenia: Rebuilding the Connection
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
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
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 […]
Community News
Armenian Activist Detained in Turkey for Using the Word ‘Genocide’
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
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 […]
Announcements
Hidden Lands of Western Armenia and the First Republic of 1918 Revealed in New Book
PASADENA, Calif.—‘The Armenian Highland,’ a hardcover photo-history book celebrating the Armenian nation, will be published on April 15. “This is an unusual book,” says author and photographer Matthew Karanian. “I have curated a photo-based historical […]
Briefs
Another Armenian Church Vandalized in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Panorama.am)— Another Armenian church in Istanbul, Turkey, has been vandalized with anti-Armenian graffiti, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople said on Facebook. Unknown perpetrators have spray painted hate graffiti in English and Arabic on the […]
Obituaries
Louisa Kazandjian: ‘A Vision of Selflessness’
Louisa (Kalikian) Kazandjian was born in 1921 in Bucharest, Romania. She was the oldest child of Hagop and Haigui (Artinian) Kalikian. She died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, at the Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center […]
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Turkish: The Secret Language of My Childhood
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 […]