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NBCLX to broadcast Hovannisian’s ‘The Hidden Map’ nationwide April 23 to 25
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—NBCLX, part of the NBC Universal-owned television stations, has announced that it will broadcast filmmaker Ani Hovannisian’s documentary The Hidden Map nationwide on April 23, 24...
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Abstract Sculpture at Armenian Heritage Park to be reconfigured
BOSTON, Mass.—The annual reconfiguration of the Abstract Sculpture at Armenian Heritage Park on The Greenway will take place on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 7:30am. Rain date will be April 25. The annual...
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ARS continues its humanitarian assistance to Lebanese-Armenians
Click to view slideshow. Since October 2019, the economic and political crisis in Lebanon, along with the daily deterioration of conditions resulting in precarious hygienic and social services, and the...
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Book Review | Ataturk in the Nazi Imagination
Early in his career, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler took inspiration from Benito Mussolini, his senior colleague in fascism; this fact is widely known. But an equally important role model for Hitler and the...
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Will this be the year and the President?
Springtime is upon us! Warmer weather (it’s all relative) has returned and so has the greenery to those areas where trees and plants appeared bare from the winter. Calendars are slowly filling up with...
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Women’s National Team goes unbeaten in “Our Game” friendly tournament
The Armenian men’s national soccer team grabbed the world’s attention in late March after winning three consecutive matches against Liechtenstein, Iceland and Romania to kick off 2022 FIFA World Cup...
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Hairenik Media Center receives generous start to funding
A rendering of the Hairenik Media Center created by Varto Technologies WATERTOWN, Mass.—Recently, two fundraisers were held on Facebook to benefit the construction of a new multimedia studio on the...
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Azerbaijan opens Military Trophies Park memorializing its war crimes
For many Armenians, the cessation of hostilities in Artsakh in November of 2020 did not signify the end of the conflict, as a host of human rights violations ensued in security issues unaddressed by...
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Bohjalian on the pandemic, war and social injustice as “Hour of the Witch”...
Author Chris Bohjalian Chris Bohjalian’s new novel Hour of the Witch “tolls on May 4,” as he notes. As is a beloved tradition at the Armenian Weekly, we had the opportunity to discuss the latest in his...
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My Yorghani
Mary Armenouhi Eshilian surrounded by her grandchildren, Christmas 1990 Holding a long wooden dowel in her hand A learned tradition from her former land She batted and fluffed until it was full...
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ANCA supporters send over 1 million messages to White House, Congress on...
Over the past several months, ANCA supporters and coalition partners sent over 1 million messages to the White House and Congress calling on President Biden to reset U.S. policy on the Armenian...
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In Memory of Hirair Hovnanian
Hirair Hovnanian (1930 – 2021) Hirair Hovnanian, a prominent American-Armenian, businessman and national philanthropist, died on April 9. His funeral was held the following day in Yerevan. Born in...
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Beyond Genocide
Dzidzernagapert(Photo: Rupen Janbazian, 2009) One-hundred-and-six years ago, a sporadically applied genocidal process—started around a quarter of a century earlier—took an ominously sinister leap into...
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Rebirth and Revival: A conversation with filmmaker Jivan Avetisyan
Jivan Avetisyan The driving force behind Jivan Avetisyan’s genius is his passion and love for his homeland—Artsakh— portrayed in all of his movies including Tevanik, The Last Inhabitant and Gate to...
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An emboldened Aliyev perpetuates violence
Ilham Aliyev at the inauguration of the Military Trophy Park in Baku, April 12, 2021 I write this with great outrage, as an unplanned second installment to my 2016 article published in the Armenian...
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ANCA Eastern Region to commemorate 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide...
WATERTOWN, Mass. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) will be hosting a live virtual commemoration to honor the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The Cycle of Genocide:...
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Family of martyred soldier receives renovated home in Artsakh
The Gabrielyans in front of their renovated home in Martuni’s Herher village (Photo: Artsakhpress/Tufenkian Foundation) HERHER, Martuni, Artsakh—The family of Grigory Gabrielyan, a 25-year-old soldier...
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Statement of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative on the passing of Dr. Vartan...
Dr. Vartan Gregorian (1934 – 2021) We are deeply saddened by the loss of Aurora co-founder and member of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee Vartan Gregorian (1934–2021) – an outstanding...
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Armenian-Americans for Artsakh
WASHINGTON, DC—An Armenian-American living in Washington, DC has come up with her own fundraising initiative to help Artsakh in the aftermath of the 2020 war. Cynthia Bosnian is the designer and...
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MY RELIC galleries channel survival and rebirth from post-genocide trauma
Relics (Photo: Mari Mansourian) GLENDALE, Calif.—She Loves Collective, an alliance of female artists who share a strong belief in the power of creating social change through art, presents their latest...
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