Briefings from the Turkish Press
A work program in the field of environmental protection was signed between Turkey and Azerbaijan Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum met with Azerbaijan’s Minister of Environment and...
View ArticleANCA-ER to host a silent auction at 15th annual gala in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) will host a silent auction at its 15th annual gala on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at the Loews Philadelphia...
View ArticleApplications now open for new Western Armenian culture program
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has launched արդ եւս | in view—a new grant program dedicated to culture and creativity in the Western Armenian language....
View ArticleGiving Thanks: Together in Celebration at Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway
BOSTON, Mass. — On Sunday, November 14 at 2:00 pm, all are invited to Giving Thanks! Together in Celebration at Armenian Heritage Park on The Greenway, Boston. The newest program of the Friends of...
View ArticleAIWA to pay tribute to playwright Barbara Bejoian
Barbara Bejoian BOSTON, Mass. – Award-winning playwright Barbara Bejoian probed Armenian-American customs and traditions, exploring shifting relations between family and friends and adjustments to...
View ArticleThe Promise Armenian Institute, Armenian Film Foundation to collaborate in...
Western tourists at the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, by Garabed Krikorian, Krikorian Studio, ca 1895, Malikian Collection LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Promise Armenian Institute is pleased to announce...
View ArticleBook Launch: Everyday Cosmopolitanisms: Living the Silk Road in Medieval Armenia
BELMONT, Mass. —The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Armenian Institute (London) will present a book launch and discussion of Dr. Kate Franklin’s groundbreaking...
View ArticleArtsakh’s Storyteller: Jivan Avetisyan’s “Gate to Heaven” premieres in...
Director Jivan Avetisyan stresses that after the 2020 Artsakh war, it has become more important than ever for Armenians to tell their own story – to share their narrative of truth. WASHINGTON, DC –...
View ArticleThe Gap Between Faith and the Church
Parishioners at St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church in Watertown, Massachusetts, June 8, 2015 One often hears of changes in our society referred to as progress. Generally this is a positive term...
View ArticlePres. Erdogan withdraws empty threat to expel 10 western ambassadors
Turkish president Erdogan, February 16, 2021 (Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey) Once again, Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made empty threats. He boastfully proclaimed on October 20 that he...
View ArticleARF deputy dragged out of parliament
An opposition lawmaker was forcibly dragged out of the parliamentary chamber for criticizing a pro-government deputy on Tuesday. The present parliamentary term, which commenced after the snap...
View ArticleUnderstanding Beyond the Numbers: A conversation with “Mothers of Goris”...
It was July of 2021 when the team at Miaseen Inc., an Armenian digital entertainment company, decided to fly out to Armenia to amplify the unwritten stories and silenced voices that exist in the...
View ArticleBriefings from the Turkish press
Dr. Daron Acemoğlu: “Dictatorships never go away on their own” Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) faculty member Dr. Daron Acemoğlu spoke during a High Advisory Council meeting of the Turkish...
View ArticleKonstantin Petrossian’s musical evening in Armenia
A musical evening in honor of composer and conductor Konstantin Petrossian took place at the Komitas Chamber Music Center in Yerevan last month. Petrossian has composed a variety of works, including...
View ArticleToward Purpose
Click to view slideshow. YEREVAN—On October 11, an event was held at the Imperium Plaza dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the “Peace of Art” organization. “Today marks the 25th anniversary of the...
View ArticleMy Experiences at Hovnanian School
Click to view slideshow. As a student at Hovnanian School, I had always envisioned the perfect eighth grade year. Up until March 2020, I had imagined walking the halls, passing all the other students,...
View ArticleA Female Engineer in Armenia
Knar Baghdassarian The first thing I did this year after graduating from the University of California Irvine with a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering was head straight to Armenia to participate...
View ArticleANCA Eastern Region celebrates 15th annual gala in Philadelphia
2021 ANCA-ER Gala, Philadelphia, Penn. Photos by Alec Balian PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – Hundreds of community leaders and grassroots advocates from throughout the eastern United States gathered together at...
View ArticleCoalition calls on Congress to block US F-16 sales to Turkey
WASHINGTON, DC – A coalition of ethnic, faith-based, and civic groups representing Americans from across the nation are calling on Senate leaders – and working with US Representatives – to enforce US...
View ArticleHampig Sassounian freed, arrives in Armenia
Hampig Sassounian in Armenia, October 29, 2021 YEREVAN—After serving almost 40 years in prison, Hampig Sassounian has been freed. “It is with incredible joy that I write to you from Armenia,” read...
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