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Celebrating Independence: Artsakh Then and Now
Author Matthew Karanian encountered a platoon of Artsakh soldiers on patrol in central Stepanakert in 1995. Photo (c) 2020 Matthew Karanian I had just arrived in Artsakh in the summer of 1995, when I...
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Schools set to reopen in Armenia under pandemic protocols
An elementary school and high school in Yerevan’s Arabkir neighborhood YEREVAN—Schools and universities across Armenia are preparing to receive their students next week, as the scholastic year is set...
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Dandeegeen Diaries—Chapter 17: Cream Khadaif
The end of August and beginning of September are full of family birthday celebrations in the Krafian household. We generally order the yearly birthday cake to celebrate the passing of another year and...
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Have we forgotten our inheritance? [Part 1]
The human loss of the Armenian Genocide remains a painful void in the lives of all Armenians. It is a crime where the victim’s family knows the perpetrator but justice has been denied. Our ancestors...
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Meet the filmmakers behind “100 Years from Home”
In the documentary “100 Years from Home,” questions chart Lilit Pilikian and Jared White’s journey across the globe. “How do we get over these wounds?” Pilikian asks her mother over the phone, sitting...
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Sacha: Living with the Indigenous Even People of Siberia
Sacha By Alexis Pazoumian André Frère Éditions, 2020 115 pp. Hardcover $55 It’s rare to find a book that truly startles you, takes you out of the here and now, and transports you to a different world....
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ASA Names Recipients of Scholastic Gold and Silver Medal Awards
The Armenian Students’ Association (ASA) Silver Medal Award Committee has selected the following four high school graduates for the Silver Medal Award: -Mark Antranig Arkun (Lynnfield High School,...
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Treaty of Sèvres Centennial: An Online Panel Discussion
The Treaty of Sèvres, signed on August 10, 1920, is a historic document, marking the official recognition of the Republic of Armenia – both by Turkey and the Great Powers – and remains, to this day, a...
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Aurora to Support the Reprint of “Ravished Armenia”
YEREVAN – The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is glad to announce that it will support the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in its unprecedented efforts to republish “Ravished Armenia” by Aurora...
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Sts. Vartanantz Church Begins Conversational Western Armenian Class
PROVIDENCE, RI—With over 50 registered participants, Sts. Vartanantz Church in Providence, RI started an online conversational Western Armenian class on September 2 under the instruction of Garo...
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Greater Boston “Nejdeh” Chapter Members Escape on Zoom
Anoush Krafian, Emin Abrahamian, Ani Ourfalian, Arpi Mirzabegian, Maral Abrahamian, Sarine Meguerditchian, Lucine Bahtiarian, William Kevorkian, Elizabeth Krmzian, Alexis Cormier, Knar Krafian, Alina...
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Armenian Independent Broadcasting of Boston to Celebrate 40 Years
BOSTON, Mass.—On Sunday, October 11th, The Armenian Independent Broadcasting of Boston will be marking a huge milestone—its 40th anniversary. The grand event, originally scheduled to take place in...
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HyeAid Lebanon Fundraising and Telethon a Major Success
LOS ANGELES, Calif.– The Pan-Armenian Council of the Western United States is immensely grateful to the Armenian-American community for its outpouring of generous support to the August 30th HyeAid...
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Michael Sarian Presents ‘New Aurora’
Trumpeter/composer Michael Sarian is an artist who paints images of humanity through sound. On his fourth album New Aurora, we find him on trumpet and flugelhorn as the sole melodic voice in this...
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Hairenik Launches Online Digital Archive
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Since 2017, a number of key individuals have taken a keen interest in digitizing the newspapers published by the Hairenik Association. Berge Panosyan (Documents to Digital) was the...
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ANCA Eastern Region Announces 14th Annual ANCA-ER Vahan Cardashian Award...
WATERTOWN, Mass. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) will be honoring Bearj Barsoumian, chair of the ANC of Tennessee; Sarkis Agasarkisian, chair of the ANC of...
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Benign Indifference with Malignant Consequences
Two weeks in one of the private universities of Armenia opened my eyes to a phenomenon, a destructive practice which undermines the role of education and cripples its mission. Form rather than content,...
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Mkhitaryan and Kanter: Sports Icons Standing Up for Truth
Last summer, Henrikh Mkhitaryan was the center of attention during the Europa League finals in Baku, Azerbaijan. He was promised safety by the Azerbaijani government but still felt unsafe to travel to...
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Young Aurora 2020: The Three Finalist Teams
We are delighted to announce that Project Teams from United World College (UWC) East Africa in Tanzania, UWC Mahindra College in India and UWC South East Asia in Singapore have been selected as the...
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Twelve Years Betrayed
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, Wilmington, Del., September 4, 2020 (Flickr: Adam Schultz/Biden for President) Joe Biden owes Armenians an apology. All of us. Armenian Republicans,...
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