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AYF Camp Haiastan season boasts exciting HYE-lights
By Araz Dulgarian & Alec Boyajian, 2022 Head Counselors Teen Session campers dancing the Haleh The summer of 2022 marks 72 successful AYF Camp Haiastan seasons! During this special year, we will be...
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Starting from scratch again: Artsakh war veteran Yakov Altunyan
Yakov Altunyan in his vineyard in Hadrut before the 2020 Artsakh War “We were living peacefully in Hadrut, when everything changed in a second,” Yakov Altunyan begins his story. Altunyan lived through...
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Charting Family History through the AYF Olympics
The reminders have been arriving in abundance the last few weeks. The AYF Olympics are less than two months away. In the Armenian community in America, the term Olympics has a special meaning. I am not...
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Major research on Diaspora public opinion in North America closing on July 29
The Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS) provides valuable insights into diaspora public opinion and a snapshot of Armenians’ thoughts on a host of issues, such as identity, language, culture, community and...
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BREAKING: US House adopts four ANCA-backed amendments
WASHINGTON, DC – Powerful Congressional, community and coalition advocacy contributed to today’s US House passage of four Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)-backed amendments demanding...
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Chicago victorious in 56th annual AYF Midwest Junior Olympics
2022 Midwest Junior Olympics athletes EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.—The 56th annual AYF-YOARF Midwest Junior Olympics took place from July 15-17 in Granite City, Ill. The hosts, the Granite City “Antranig”...
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Creative Armenia launches Artbox incubator
Creative Armenia has launched and opened applications for the creative incubator Artbox, which is funded by the European Union in Armenia and launched in partnership with AGBU Armenia within the...
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Aurora’s Sunrise featured at the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film...
YEREVAN—The Zoryan Institute is pleased to announce that the animated film Aurora’s Sunrise has been featured in the International Competition at the 19th annual Golden Apricot Yerevan International...
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Employment Opportunity: Head of School at St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary...
St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES) is seeking applications for Head of School. Established in 1984 in Watertown, Massachusetts, SSAES is a private preschool through elementary school...
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Bringing the Sounds of the Diaspora Home
Armadi Tsayn in Lijk (Photo: Garin Bedian) I was grateful and fortunate to participate in a music tour this summer spanning across various cities and villages in Armenia with Armadi Tsayn, a...
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In Memory of Galust Antonian
Galust Antonian (1920 – 2022) Galust Antonian was born in New Julfa, an Armenian settlement in Isfahan, Iran. Father was not sure of the actual day of his birth as birthdays were not precisely recorded...
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Western Armenian and Hamshen dialect meet in the ‘Grain of Light’
The song titled Lusi Hadig [Grain of Light], a duet between Istanbulite singer Sibil, renowned for her performances of songs in both Eastern and Western Armenian, and Ayşenur Kolivar, who for many...
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Prime Minister Pashinyan has no right to ban an Armenian from entering Armenia
Mourad Papazian at Yerablur, April 12, 2022 (Photo: Facebook) French Armenian community leader Mourad (Franck) Papazian and his wife were not allowed to enter Armenia last week after they arrived at...
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Chidem Inch: The Phone Call
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (RA Prime Minister’s office) On July 11, there was a historic phone call between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and...
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Call for Submissions for the 2022 AYF Olympics Ad Book
WORCESTER, Mass.—The AYF-YOARF Central Executive and Worcester Steering Committee are calling on members of the Armenian community and AYF supporters to contribute to the single largest fundraiser of...
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Why Congress should not approve the sale of F-16 air-fighters to Turkey
Our State Department wants to persuade Congress to approve the sale of F-16 air fighters to Turkey. President Biden backed the deal after Turkey lifted its objections and allowed the entry of Sweden...
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The Importance of Having More Armenian Day Schools
The Armenian school is the most important institution for the survival of the Armenian community and church in the diaspora. The origin of Armenia was in the sixth century B.C. Armenian culture is...
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“The government is holding me hostage.”
An exclusive interview from the detention center with detained member of the “Unification” movement Avetik Chalabyan conducted by Koryun Simonyan from Oragir News on July 13, 2022 and translated by Dr....
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Camp is in session with a lifetime impact
The kids are out of school for the summer, and filling their schedules with structured recreational and social activity is a high priority. The days of just entertaining yourself in the neighborhood...
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Cindy Fitzgibbon becomes Boston’s first female broadcast chief meteorologist
WCVB Chief Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon (Photo provided by WCVB Channel 5) Cindy Fitzgibbon has made history in the Boston television news market. After 27 years in the industry, she has been...
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