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Writing as Exorcism: An Interview with Aline Ohanesian
Special for the Armenian Weekly In a year that saw the publication of a large number of books that deal with the Armenian Genocide, Aline Ohanesian’s Orhan’s Inheritance has generated much praise and...
View ArticleASA Announces Winners of 2014 Halvajian Poetry Competition
WARWICK, R.I.—The Armenian Students’ Association, Inc. (ASA Inc.) congratulates Katia Khanlian, Emily Hagopian, and Gegham Mughnetsyan, who were recently named the winners of the 2014 “Arthur...
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Avedis George Mishigian (1942-2015)
The Metro Detroit area has sustained another devastating loss with the passing of a devoted Armenian activist, Avedis George Mishigian, 73, of Tecumseh, Mich. Avedis George Mishigian Avedis stood out...
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Sts. Vartanantz Launches Genocide ‘Remembrance Bench Project’
CHELMSFORD, Mass.—In keeping with the spirit of the Centennial observance of the Armenian Genocide, the Memorials Committee at Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Church in Chelmsford recently launched a...
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Catholicos Aram I Visits AMA
WATERTOWN, Mass.—On Tues., June 2, His Holiness Aram I, Armenian Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, accompanied with Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, the Primate of the Eastern Prelacy, and...
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‘Forty Martyrs: Armenian Chants from Aleppo’ Released
In one of Aleppo’s oldest quarters sits a church, once a hub and a harbor. The head priest there, the Very Reverend Yeznig Zegchanian, agreed to chant, but he was going to do it now and he was only...
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Visiting Armenian Venice
Special for the Armenian Weekly Dolma. I was not expecting that. Nearly 80 percent of the restaurants listed in Trip Advisor in Venice are categorized as Italian. After gobbling pizza and pasta ad...
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Electricity Price Hike Sparks Sit-In Protest in Yerevan
Demonstrators Vow to Remain in Liberty Square until June 22 YEREVAN (A.W.)—Thousands of people gathered in Yerevan’s Liberty Square Friday evening to protest the government’s adoption of a 17 percent...
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Writing ‘The Legacy of Lost Things’
Special for the Armenian Weekly It has been several months since the release of my debut novel, The Legacy of Lost Things. I wrote it during a time in my life when an avalanche of difficulties was...
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‘TUMO x AGBU’ Partnership Takes Off in Gyumri
New center offers free afterschool learning environment to help equip youth with skills for future employment in the media and creative industries On May 25, Tumo Center for Creative Technologies...
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‘Haratch’ Editor Arpik Missakian Dies at 89
By Jean Eckian PARIS—Arpik Missakian, editor of the historical Haratch newspaper, died on June 19. She was 89 years old. Arpik Missakian In 1957, she had succeeded her late father, Shavarsh Missakian,...
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Resistance and Resilience
The Armenian Weekly Magazine April 2015: A Century of Resistance I am the product of two divergent familial coping strategies. My maternal grandmother’s family, the Der Melkonians, included resisters...
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Two Armenians Killed in Aleppo Shelling
ALEPPO (A.W.)—Two Armenians were killed in a blast in the Qasser al-Baladi region of central Aleppo on June 20, according to the Syrian-Armenian Kantsasar news site. Pastor Eduard Petrosyan, a...
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Scores Arrested as Police Break Up Yerevan Protest
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—More than 230 people were arrested in downtown Yerevan early on Tuesday as riot police broke up an overnight demonstration against rising electricity prices in Armenia on a...
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ARF Demands Release of Protesters
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Press Office on June 23 issued the following statement regarding the recent assault on and arrest of protesters for demanding the reversal of the decision to...
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Electricity Fare Hike Protests Continue in Yerevan, Detainees Released
Aghvan Vardanyan: Police Must Be Held Accountable YEREVAN (A.W.)—Hours after the assault on and arrest of protesters demanding the annulment of the decision to increase electricity tariffs in Armenia,...
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Sassounian: A Personal Tribute on the Passing of Kirk Kerkorian: an...
Since his passing on June 15, thousands of journalists have highlighted Kirk Kerkorian’s amazing business accomplishments and substantial charitable contributions. However, these journalists had never...
View ArticleOur Failed Dream of Our Failed State
Special for the Armenian Weekly Did we dream a bit too much, a bit too soon? After 25 years of not achieving this dream, do we go on romanticizing something that is still not—and may not ever—be? We...
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ABA Celebrates Silver Anniversary
From a star-studded gala banquet to an All-Star Judge’s legal education panel and much more, members and guests of the Armenian Bar Association’s 26th Annual Meeting at the luxurious Montage Hotel in...
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COAF Annual Summer Soiree Raises over $50,000 for Smart Center in Lori
NEW YORK—The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF), a nonprofit organization committed to improving the lives of children in rural Armenia, held its 5th Annual Summer Soiree on June 16 at the trendy PH-D...
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