On October 18, as Azerbaijan was launching attacks violating the most recent ceasefire, Chicago Armenians were gathering to support their family, friends and fellow Armenians in Artsakh. The demonstration was over 300 people strong and […]
Dear non-Armenian, It’s been three weeks. Three weeks of tears. Three weeks of screaming. Three weeks of sleepless nights. Three weeks of death, destruction, exhaustion. Three weeks of being physically present, but never fully there. […]
I’ve always appreciated the ancient adage that has tied Armenians so closely to pomegranates. The fruit is in our art, our clothes, our dance, our culture. More and more I consider this idea—that somehow we […]
BOSTON, Mass.—Unwavering vocal support from Diasporan Armenians was echoing throughout the city of Boston on Friday evening in a demonstration calling for justice and condemnation against Azerbaijan’s unprovoked and wide-scale attacks on the Republics of […]
By: William Kevorkian, Sarine Meguerditchian and Ani Ourfalian As the world enters another month of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, friends and families are finding new opportunities to have fun while following social-distancing guidelines. The AYF […]
Certainly, the AYF Olympics is about athletics. But, for many, they are equally interested in the dances and performers. My interest in the music and the dances has equaled and at times surpassed my interest […]
I just got off a video call with Ken and Alexan Topalian. They were sitting outside their home in ProvIdence by their firepit, and I was in my home in Chicagoland. We were all hoisting […]
This article by Varoujan Karentz was published in the September 5 Special Edition issue of the Armenian Weekly honoring the AYF Olympics. The period was in the middle of World War II in 1944. Why the […]
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