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Hakob Karapents novels translated into Farsi
“Yek mard va yek sarzamin” Coinciding with the 95 birth anniversary of prolific Diaspora Armenian writer Hakob Karapents, two publishing houses in Iran have announced the release in Farsi of his works:...
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Armenian Cultural Foundation marks 75th anniversary
Armenian Cultural Foundation, Arlington, Mass. ARLINGTON, Mass. — This year marks a milestone in the history of the Armenian Cultural Foundation (ACF). Seventy-five years ago this November, “an unknown...
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Pandemic Rain
(Photo: Hans Ripa/Unsplash) The rain washed all the colors, Remained only the grey. The rain is cold, but hides your tears In days of fear and pain. Dreams are elusive horizons Without the deceit of...
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COVID-19: An Open Letter to the Armenian Church
(Photo: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, December 27, 2020) The Republic of Armenia and the Armenian nation are on the brink, if not already well into a state, of a humanitarian crisis. In the middle of...
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Mouradian’s ‘The Resistance Network’ to be Published January 1
Khatchig Mouradian’s book The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918 (Michigan State University Press) will be published January 1, 2021, and is now...
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Turkish Generals led war on Artsakh. This was a Turkish, not Azeri, victory.
Victory parade in Baku, December 10, 2020 (Photo: Twitter/TR Ministry of National Defense) Exiled Turkish journalist Cevheri Guven recently disclosed in a video report the names and activities of three...
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How can Armenians overcome their national crisis?
War adversely affects combatants and non-combatants alike, both physically and psychologically. Death, disability, illness and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) are common consequences of wars,...
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Where do we go from here?
Every so often you have probably noticed in the Armenia media the urgent calls to help and assist a particular village or town in Armenia or Karabakh, or you receive several appeals per week, about...
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Armenia and the Failed Experiment of Eurocentrism
“We are still interested in external things…the Armenophile expressions of a famous European, a pro-Armenian resolution of a pacific congress, a sensitive speech of a parliamentarian…which have no real...
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On Armenia’s demographic situation
Yerablur Military Memorial Cemetery, December 19, 2020 (Photo: Karapet Sahakyan) During the last five years, PM Nikol Pashinyan and his predecessor Serzh Sargsyan made very firm and ambitious...
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London Boxes Up Joy for Children in Artsakh
Around two-thousand shoeboxes filled with New Year’s gifts are on their way from London to Yerevan, where they will be distributed by the NGO “Future is Now” to children of families displaced by the...
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Armenia and Artsakh face tension, uncertainty in new year
As Armenia enters the new year, it faces a host of national security challenges in the aftermath of the recent Artsakh War that reveal limited prospects for peace under the ceasefire agreement. The...
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Finding my Voice
I was asked to write because my voice is clear. I was told it resonates with the way many people feel, but can’t verbalize. Yet now my clarity can’t be further from reality. For the first time in...
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The line between activism and anger has become blurred.
December 2020 (Photo: Krikor Sahagian) The challenge of a successful engagement of the diaspora and the homeland has always been about managing useful resources and limiting the impact of negative...
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2021 and Beyond: A Call to Action for Armenian Youth
Alek Surenian pictured at Khor Virap during his AYF Internship, 2017 Dear Armenian Youth, You have a job to do. A job which depends on your own will. A will to survive and demand justice. This call...
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In Loving Memory of Hripsime (DerVartanian) Badrikian
Hripsime (DerVartanian) Badrikian (1920 – 2021) Hripsime (DerVartanian) Badrikian passed away peacefully on January 1, 2021. Hripsime was born on June 20, 1920 in the Armenian province of Kharpert....
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Columbia University’s Heyman Center to Celebrate Release of Mouradian’s ‘The...
NEW YORK, NY—Heyman Center at Columbia University will be hosting a virtual book celebration event for Dr. Khatchig Mouradian’s newest title The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and...
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The Faulty Foundations of Modern Armenian Identity
When Armenians are largely powerless to bring back their prisoners of war following the 2020 Artsakh War, it is also indicative of how colonizers and the world today interact with indigenous peoples....
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Growing up as a Diasporan Armenian
The author pictured with her cousins Monica, Rebecca and Jessica Ciaffi and her brothers Will and Alex in Jermuk, July 3, 2019 I spent the first part of my life believing that 50 percent was not...
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The Path Through the Mountains
Musa Dagh, 2019 (Photo: Elise Youssoufian) When you’re ready, keep it steady. The road will rise to meet you. The wind, it will surprise you, When you’re ready. How could any moment Hold more beauty...
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