Hamilton: An Armenian Musical
I first saw the musical Hamilton at the Providence Performing Arts Center in 2019 and was instantly pulled into the hysteria surrounding the show. The fast raps, the memorable songs and the seemingly...
View ArticleSoothe your anguish with action
Silent protest at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, October 24, 2020 (Photo: Knar Bedian) Anguish is described as “extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering. Usually preceded by a tragedy or...
View ArticleJulia Eshkonian: Our Work of Art
Julia Eshkonian (1924 – 2020) Lovingly submitted by children Sylvia Tanielian, Alan Tanielian, and Darcy Tanielian. Beautiful young people are acts of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art....
View ArticleLife and war
As usual I started my Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and news browsing. Facebook was getting flooded with #wewillwin posts. My heart started thumping instinctively: something was amiss. Yes, our...
View ArticleNegligent Social Media Platforms Breeding Grounds for Turkish Nationalism,...
“…if Twitter and Instagram genuinely seek to keep their ‘communities safe,’ I suggest that they begin banning accounts of those who incite violence…” (Original graphic created by former Weekly editor...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Bombards Stepanakert Ahead of Geneva Talks
Attacks on civilian settlements in Artsakh continue to worsen on Thursday ahead of yet another diplomatic attempt in Geneva. Deliberate attacks by #Azerbaijan‘i Armed Forces on peaceful settlements:...
View ArticleA Desperate and Urgent Call to Non-Armenians
Click to view slideshow. In 2016, my wife and I visited Hadrut, a beautiful town in Artsakh where every house has a rose garden, where Armenian churches have stood for at least 1,000 years, and where...
View ArticleSwing State Armenian-Americans Still “Up for Grabs”
A protest against Azeri aggression in Philadelphia (Photo: Raffi Berberian) With just days to go until the November 3 election, there are tens of thousands of votes in play across the suburbs of...
View ArticleIt is the time to attack on all fronts
Dear fellow Armenian compatriots, From the very first hours of the hostilities unleashed by Azerbaijan, with the support of Turkey, against the Armenian people, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
View ArticleANCA Calls on National Security Adviser for Decisive US Action to Stop...
National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien speaking at a press conference prior to an Armenian American community meeting, attended by ANCA National Board Member Levon Kirakosian and ANCA WR Chair Nora...
View ArticleArmenia, Azerbaijan FMs Agree to Limit Attacks to Battlefield after Geneva Talks
Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan with co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in Geneva, October 30, 2020 (Photo: Anna A. Naghdalyan/Twitter) After an all-day closed door meeting in...
View ArticleMouradian to Offer Course on ‘Artsakh: History, Culture, and Conflict’
Prof. Khatchig Mouradian will offer an online seminar on “Artsakh: History, Culture, and Conflict” starting Wednesday, Nov. 11. Organized by St. Leon Armenian Church, this four-week multimedia seminar...
View ArticleIn Memory of Yevgine Gharibian
Yevgine Gharibian On Thursday, October 29, 2020, Yevgine Gharibian—daughter of Alec and Iskouhi Zarifian and loving wife of the late Jirair Gharibian—passed away at the age of 84 after a short illness....
View ArticleAzerbaijan Continues to Prey on Civilian Populations, Syrian Mercenaries...
More evidence has been released of paid Syrian mercenaries tasked to kill Armenians in Azerbaijan’s ongoing attacks on the Republic of Artsakh. Armenian officials made public two interrogation videos...
View ArticleANC of Eastern Massachusetts Meets Representative Ayanna Pressley’s Office
Members of the Armenian National Committee of Eastern MA met with the office of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on October 29, 2020. Pictured from left to right: Annie Youssoufian, Anahis Kechejian,...
View ArticleThe Last Door
Tatev Monastery on the road to Artsakh, May 2019 (Photo provided by the author) Dwelling at the sword’s edge of uncertainty, Haunted remnants of fears fall away from me, Turn back into the highland...
View ArticleThe War, The Drones and The Money
We’ve been dealing with Turkish invasions, marauding, murder, war-making, cruelty, destructiveness and overall inhumanity for more than a millennium. Azerbaijan’s behavior, guided and supported by...
View ArticleArmenian Village of Davit Bek Attacked, Artsakh Facing Environmental Catastrophe
Destruction in Davit Bek (Photo: Raffi Elliott, November 1, 2020) Azeri forces fired on the village of Davit Bek in the Armenian province of Syunik for the second time in a week, killing one civilian...
View ArticlePutin Finally Reveals His Solution to the Artsakh Conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: @KremlinRussia/Twitter, October 21, 2020) After Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted and failed to establish a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan,...
View ArticleExperts to discuss ‘Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh in the Media’ on Nov. 5
Media coverage of the war on Artsakh has generated much debate over the past several weeks. Five scholars and media experts from around the globe will come together on Nov. 5 for a discussion titled...
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