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Three Action Words
(Photo: Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash) The world we live in is crying out for help and for some common sense and restraint. We all wish for a comeback from the social unrest, the economic downturn and...
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Shant Bajac releases first single “Dle Yaman”
Lebanese Armenian guitarist Shant Bajac has released his first single. “Dle Yaman” features former Dream Theater and current Sons of Apollo keyboard legend Derek Sherinian. Dle Yaman is an Armenian...
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ANC of NY, Rep. Meng Discuss Importance of Ongoing US Aid to Artsakh
Armenian National Committee of New York advocates discussed the importance of continued U.S. demining aid to Artsakh with Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY-6), who serves on the powerful House...
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ARS Lowell “Lousintak” Chapter Members Meet In-Person, Social Distance
By Zarouhi Minasian LOWELL, Mass.—On June 27th, the Lowell “Lousintak” Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Chapter held its first in-person meeting in four months. Ungh. Sona Gevorkian hosted the meeting in...
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2020 Vision
“What a year this month has been.” This sentence has been on repeat every single month since the start of 2020. It’s hard to articulate words to describe the sense of emotions anyone is going through....
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Awards 49 Diasporan Armenian Teachers for...
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation launched “Prizes for Teaching in Armenian Online” in April 2020. The aim of this initiative was to encourage diasporan teachers...
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Grief
(Photo provided by Tamar Haytayan) Where do you feel your grief today? Do you want to feel it? Do you want to remember it? It is ok if you don’t We do not want to feel all the pain Lodged in our body...
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Aztag Daily’s Kandaharian on Supporting the Lebanese Armenian Community
Lebanon is grappling with its worst economic crisis in decades. The Lebanese pound, for many years pegged to the US dollar has significantly lost its value, leading to wide-scale inflation and...
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Turkish Embassy Vexed with White House’s Reference to Armenian Genocide
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany pictured during Monday’s press briefing WASHINGTON, DC—The Turkish Embassy in Washington has dismissed the White House’s recent reference to the Armenian...
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Adult Classes Added to Online Seminar on ‘Names, Monuments, And Racism’
Prof. Khatchig Mouradian will offer an online seminar in July on “Names, Monuments, and Racism.” Following multiple requests, the course will now have two sections: one for high school students and...
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ANCA Summer Interns Explore New Virtual Opportunities to Advance Community...
WASHINGTON, DC – Boasting a dedicated crew of student advocates from California to Rhode Island, and expanding, for the first time to the United Kingdom, the Armenian National Committee of America...
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Dandeegeen Diaries—Chapter 13: Jajukh
As temperatures climb, menus are shifting to grilled protein, pilaf, vegetables and an array of wonderful mezze/Armenian appetizers. I suggest adding this wonderful summer salad to the menu: jajukh,...
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Are Armenians White?
Photo provided by the author It’s a question many of us have asked, puzzled, debated, and even had heated arguments over. During this heightened national conversation about race in the US, it has...
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European Union redoubles post-COVID-19 recovery assistance to Armenia
EU Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin, Deputy Minister of Health Lena Nanushyan among the health officials pictured on the day COVID-19 tests were delivered to Armenia (Photo: EU Armenia)...
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ANCA’s Maral Melkonian Avetisyan Fellowship Starts Second Summer
WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) – for a second consecutive summer – has welcomed a Maral Melkonian Avetisyan Fellow into its signature summer leadership training...
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Divine Providence
Harry Kizirian’s story began 95 years ago, on July 13, 1925, at 134 Chad Brown Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The first cry of this newborn baby was the sweetest sound to his parents’ ears. Harry...
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Feed the young or perish. Our future is here.
Rev. Archpriest Antranig Baljian gifting a Bible to a Sunday School student at the 2019 Sunday School Graduation and Closing Exercises at St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, Watertown, Mass....
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U.S. House Panel Implicitly Backs Artsakh Aid
Congressman Frank Pallone and Congressional staff member James Johnson with a portion of the dedicated Artsakh demining team at The HALO Trust in Stepanakert (October 2019). WASHINGTON, DC – A key U.S....
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Is Lebanon really home?
Ossana was 19 years old during the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Born in 1896 in Urfa, in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey today), she found herself in Beirut, Lebanon after the ordeal she and her people faced....
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Beyond Motherhood: Female Fedayees
The ANCA Eastern Region’s Empowerment series continues with a lesson about the female fedayees who were instrumental in securing the future of the First Republic of Armenia. The term fedayee, derived...
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