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From Genocide to War: How Western Feminism Failed Armenian Women
Armenian women fedayi Outside Parliament House, women clenched their banners close to their chests like shields as they rallied against the violence inflicted upon their sisters. It was question time....
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“Verabrogh” (Survivor)
Nerses Manougian, Shemlan orphanage, Lebanon, circa 1920 The stories herein are all based on the real-life account of the late Nerses Manougian (1912-1974). On a dark night some years after 1923, young...
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Project SAVE welcomes new Executive Director
Dr. Arto Vaun, Executive Director, Project SAVE WATERTOWN, Mass.—Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives is pleased to announce that Dr. Arto Vaun will serve as its new Executive Director. He will be...
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Through the Mountains to Meghri
Three weeks ago we went to Meghri. It’s the southernmost town in Armenia. It was my first time. Meghri has been a place that I have been wanting to visit for years, mostly because whenever I tried to...
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Coach Adam Krikorian aims for third consecutive water polo gold at Olympics
Adam Krikorian is very familiar with the look and feel of a gold medal. The Armenian American head coach of the US national women’s water polo team has earned 19 of them in 22 international tournaments...
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Homenetmen Chicago hosts long-awaited panagoum
Click to view slideshow. By Lilia Alaverdyan I was so excited to learn that Chicago Homenetmen was hosting a local panagoum this year. After a long year without Armenian events due to COVID-19, we were...
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Remembering Vahe Doudaklian
Vahe Doudaklian (1958-2021) Yeghpayr Vahe no more… Kind, brilliant, discreet, faithful, generous, genuine, inventive, creative, outgoing and warmhearted are some keywords that could describe Yeghpayr...
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In Memory of Anna Araxy Yeshilian
Anna Araxy Yeshilian Anna Araxy Yeshilian passed away on July 11 at age 97. She was born in Chelsea, MA to the late Siranoush Helene Mecanisian and Hovsep Yeshilian. Anna was predeceased by her...
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Der Mugrdechian donates computer lab to Artsakh State University in Stepanakert
Artsakh State University Rector Dr. Armen Sargsyan, left, with Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian FRESNO, Calif.—Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian has donated a computer lab to Artsakh State University (ArSU) in...
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Greece must recognize Artsakh to atone for its envoy’s PR tour of occupied...
Foreign diplomats visit occupied Shushi, July 9, 2021 (Photo: AZERTAC, Azerbaijan State News Agency) Azerbaijan’s despotic government organized a scandalous propaganda tour of occupied Shushi and...
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ANCA ER’s Workshop #3: The True Asset
ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian presenting “ANCA 360 & What’s Next,” July 19, 2021 Dozens of Armenian American activists participated in the ANCA-ER’s third installment of its advocacy...
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Connecting with “Home”
(Photo: Kristen Bagdasarian) For the better part of my life, I did not want to be Armenian due to a combination of societal pressure and simple ease. Being half-Armenian, not speaking the language and...
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Gallery Z exhibit featuring “Armenian Artists from Around the World”
Click to view slideshow. WARWICK, RI — Gallery Z is pleased to announce its very first exhibit in its new location at the Pawtuxet Industrial Park, 100 Bellows Street, Unit #8, Warwick, RI. The long...
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Ongoing clashes at the Nakhichevan border
Azeri, Armenian military posts seen from the village of Yeraskh (Photo: Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, July 21, 2021) An Armenian civilian was injured in renewed crossfire along the...
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The World Within Our Reach
What does it mean, that we still exist? And when are we still? With ourselves? With one another? With the voice of the wind in the trees, the cooling summer rain, the tenderness of this very moment and...
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The Adanatzi Bride and the Gamavor
I am one of 10 grandchildren. As the firstborn male, I was named after my grandfather Stepan. The story goes that he wanted me named Gaizag. My mother thought they would shorten it to “Guy.” My father...
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Harmful Elements (ՎՆԱՍԱԿԱՐ ՏԱՐՐԵՐ)
Following is a translation/interpretation of Harmful Elements (Վնասակար Տարրեր) by Rosdom (Stepan Zorian), one of the founders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF Dashnaktsutyun), published...
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In Memoriam: Van M. Aroian
Van M. Aroian (1927-2021) On July 14, NAASR announced with sadness the passing of Van M. Aroian of Worcester, MA, the senior member of its Board of Directors. He was 94 years old. Aroian was a Charter...
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Michael “Manoog” Kaprielian, a story finally told
Michael “Manoog” Kaprielian never told his parents—Vartkes and Elizabeth (Dolbashian) Kaprielian—about any of it while they were alive. “It would have devastated them,” he said about his experiences in...
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“Night and Day” features the art of Masha Keryan
Masha Keryan and Percy Fortini-Wright painting murals in the gallery before opening night BOSTON, Mass. — Dozens attended an electrifying and intimate opening reception for Boston-based artist Masha...
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