The Impact of the Crisis in Ukraine on the Regional Order in the Middle East
A residential high-rise in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv in flames after Russian shelling, March 15, 2022 (Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine) Background of the Current Russian-Ukrainian...
View ArticleArmenians build relationships, network in Rhode Island
Networking event hosted by the Armenian Professional Network of RI, March 15, 2022 PROVIDENCE, RI—The Armenian Professional Network of Rhode Island hosted its second meet and greet networking event at...
View ArticleBeyond the Border
Life in the border village of Shosh, Artsakh How do you define borders? Are borders the beginning or the end of a designated space? Villages are organic habitats. People live there. When we speak of a...
View ArticleArmenia and Azerbaijan consider peace talks as violence in Artsakh escalates
A sign reading I love Khramort (Hunan Tadevosyan, February 26) While violence escalates in Artsakh, Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities have exchanged statements on initiating peace talks. Human...
View ArticleANCA-WR spring 2022 internship is underway
ANCA-WR Spring 2022 Interns GLENDALE, Calif.—The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) has welcomed eight college students hailing from different universities to the Spring...
View ArticleIn geopolitical proxy wars, focus on the causes
Armenians in the diaspora live a hyphenated world with advantages and challenges. The cultural aspects of our identity are the most influential factors that drive this dual identity. There have been at...
View Article‘A Body Is a Bridge, a Body Is Water’: Armenian/Indian Art Show and Pop Up
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—”A Body Is a Bridge, a Body Is Water” is a show celebrating the connection between artists Natalia Ira Sookias’ and Shriya Samavai Manian’s respective Eastern heritages with their...
View ArticlePianist Kariné Poghosyan makes history with 100 free weekly mini-concerts...
By Dale Kolarek It is 7:50pm on a Friday night in the small NYC apartment of the Armenian-American concert pianist Kariné Poghosyan. The artist is about to play her 99th Facebook Live Mini Concert...
View ArticleAYF Albany “Shoushi” Chapter conducts first meeting since reinstatement
The AYF Albany Chapter deeply engaged in the educational portion of their meeting. TROY, NY—The AYF Albany “Shoushi” Chapter held its first membership meeting since their inaugural meeting back in...
View ArticleWhat’s your Watertown?
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Watertown Free Public Library’s Local History Collection includes photographs and artifacts dating back to the city’s founding, but there is a problem. There exists very little...
View ArticleKnights & Daughters of Vartan announce essay contest, 107th commemoration of...
NEW YORK, NY – The 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will take place in Times Square on Sunday, April 24, 2022 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Join thousands in solidarity alongside noted politicians,...
View ArticleNew poetry collection from Pulitzer Prize winning author Peter Balakian
Peter Balakian wrestles with national and global cultural and political realities, including challenges for the human species amid planetary transmutation and the impact of mass violence on the self...
View ArticleApplications for SERVICE Armenia 2022 now available
Participants assembled and delivered food packages to impoverished families in Gyumri as part of their service. BERKELEY, Calif.—Applications are now available for the Paros Foundation’s SERVICE...
View ArticleOnly in Armenia: Nikol Pashinyan sued his own country in European court
There might be heads of state who have sued their own governments after they were overthrown or their possessions confiscated, but I am not aware of any leader in office who continued his pending...
View ArticleNY AYF Chapters invite community to shop Armenian at Spring Vernissage
NEW YORK, NY – The Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Manhattan “Moush” and New York “Hyortik” chapters will be collaborating with the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of New York (ANC-NY) to host New...
View ArticleHonoring Sona Manuelian
Sona Manuelian Last year, we at the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia (FCHA), experienced excruciating pain — the loss of a longtime friend, a veteran volunteer team leader, an ambassador of our...
View ArticleANCA Rising Leaders and the AYF: Igniting the Passion for Hai Tahd
ANCA Rising Leaders 2022 Earlier this month, I was fortunate to participate in the Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) three-day youth empowerment program, ANCA Rising Leaders. The program...
View ArticleWhat was said at the ARF 34th World Congress?
For the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), the World Congress is the highest organizational assembly that, considering the prevailing conditions, determines the strategy for the coming term and...
View Article“Humanitarian terrorism” in Artsakh, population deprived of gas supply again
A man stands knee-deep in snow in Stepanakert (NKR InfoCenter, March 20) Artsakh authorities claim that Azerbaijan has disrupted the supply of natural gas from Armenia for the second time in two weeks,...
View ArticleExpecting respect starts with self-respect
‘We Are Our Mountains’ monument in Stepanakert (Photo: Araz Chiloyan) Globally, patriotic Armenians are rightfully feeling less than optimistic these days. Our national security and public aspects of...
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