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Congratulating Belarusian dictator was disgraceful and premature, but...
PM Nikol Pashinyan meets with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, September 30, 2019 The succession of congratulatory messages from foreign leaders which started pouring in on Monday, following...
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Detroit-based Designer ‘by talarmal’ Enters the Fashion Scene, Supports...
Talar Malkadjian of ‘by talarmal’ DETROIT, Mich.—Longtime AYF Detroit “Kopernik Tandourjian” Chapter member Talar Malkadjian has launched her first Yerevan-inspired fashion line and is donating a...
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Armenia Sends Humanitarian Aid to Beirut, Welcomes Repatriates
Click to view slideshow. YEREVAN—At least three planeloads full of emergency supplies from Armenia have been delivered to Lebanon this week, with most of the aid destined for the city’s Armenian...
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ARS “With the People, For the People” in Lebanon
Araxi Boulghourjian Socio-Medical Center opens to help the people The Armenian Relief Cross of Lebanon (LOKH) had just finished up for the evening on August 4 when the blast occurred, and the gravity...
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ANCA-ER to Host Virtual Panel Discussion Marking Centennial of the Treaty of...
WATERTOWN, Mass. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region in partnership with the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), the Armenian National Committee of Canada, Armenian...
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Political and Socio-Economic Upheaval in Lebanon
Since independence in 1943, Lebanon has been governed by consent between the political elites. Yet power-sharing arrangements that regulated conflict between the Christian and Muslim communities have...
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COAF Soiree to Raise Funds for COVID-19 Relief in Rural Armenia
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK—The Diamond Anniversary Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) Summer Soiree will be held virtually this year on August 15 to raise funds for the organization’s COVID Emergency Relief...
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Greater Boston Armenian Community Supports Lebanese Armenian Compatriots
On August 7, 2020 a meeting was called to order by the Boston Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Sardarabad Gomideh under the auspices of Archpriest Rev. Antranig Baljian of St. Stephen’s...
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Jimmy Tashjian’s Amazing Way with Words
Before Bob Tutunjian, Harry Derderian, and I took over the AYF Special Olympics Issue, there was Tommy Vartabedian. He was our mentor, and he got all three of us involved. He even enlisted our ace...
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We all have a special place in our hearts for Lebanon
The events in Lebanon in the last year, especially the devastating economic and political crises, have severely tested once again the resiliency of this remarkable society. The horrific explosion at...
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10 Armenian Parties Release Statement on the Centenary of the Treaty of Sèvres
YEREVAN, AUGUST 12—On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sèvres, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation press service reports that 10 Armenian parties issued the following joint...
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Manoogian Selected to Keynote 2020 Democratic National Convention
MI State Representative Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham) BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Today, State Representative Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham) announced that she will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic...
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Cautiously Optimistic about Success of Biden/Harris in Presidential Elections
On November 3, 2020, the American public, including Armenian-Americans, will vote for the next President of the United States. As to whom we should elect on November 3 to be President and Vice...
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Youth Political Organizations from Sèvres Signatory Countries Call on Turkey...
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sèvres, the ARF Youth Office published a joint statement with socialist and social-democratic youth organizations of countries that signed the...
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Local Teen, AYF Member Aces International Math Contest
Zaven Kouchakdjian proudly pictured with his certificates, July 2020 SUDBURY, Mass.—Rising mathematician Zaven Kouchakdjian is celebrating an impressive accomplishment in his young academic career. The...
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Racism: A Continuing Conversation
Emancipation statue at Lincoln Park (Photo: David from Washington, DC/Wikimedia Commons) In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the resulting protests for change, there have been many scholarly and...
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MI State Rep. Mari Manoogian Lends Voice to 2020 DNC Keynote
Thousands of Armenian Americans were beaming with pride Tuesday night during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) when a certain familiar face from Michigan appeared on-screen. The chyron read in...
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Turkey Dubs Armenia, Cyprus, Greece Cooperation ‘Alliance of Evil’ in Ongoing...
YEREVAN—Officials in Ankara have lambasted Armenia for its vocal show of support to regional allies Greece and Cyprus over a brewing dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean on Monday. Over the weekend,...
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Maybe I Am
NJ Arsen senior executive members Victoria Ezgilioglu, Nerses Kupelian and Hagop Jamgotchian participate in writing activity. A new social media challenge has surfaced in response to recent tensions...
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They have destroyed my Lebanon…
Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 6:10 pm …a day that not a single son or daughter of Lebanon would forget. I was sitting on the balcony with my father, attending a virtual summer school program, as we suddenly...
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