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The War in Syria, the Humanitarian Crisis, and the Armenians
An interview with Sarah Leah Whitson In early December, I conducted a telephone interview with Sarah Leah Whitson, the director of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW),...
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Armenian Pavilion Secures Spot in London Book Fair
LONDON—The London Book Fair will be held from April 8-10, 2014, and will again include the Armenian Pavilion stand, organized with the support of the Armenian Embassy in London and the Armenian...
View ArticleAn Overview of the ARS Eastern USA’s Relief Efforts in Syria
The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Eastern USA’s efforts over the past two years have been focused on Syria, where families are faced with political uncertainty amid social and financial instability,...
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Armenian Culture Returns to Shakespeare’s Globe
LONDON—Beginning in January 2014, a series of productions—including “Armania: A journey through Armenian folksong, dance and poetry”—will mark the inaugural season at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse....
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How to Silence an Armenian Maverick in Turkey
They finally locked him up. It was only a matter of time, really. And frankly, I’m surprised it took them this long. The Turkish-Armenian journalist and entrepreneur Sevan Nisanyan could not accept his...
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Artsakh’s Prospects for the Future
Special to the Armenian Weekly Ever since the 1994 ceasefire brought a semblance of peace to Artsakh, its people have made great strides in democratic self-governance and in rebuilding and improving...
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New ‘Armenian Vegan’ Cookbook Released
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—During the six years it took to create her new cookbook, titled Armenian Vegan, Dikranouhi Kirazian insisted on telling no one about her project. During the six years it took to...
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Christmas in Armenia: A Culinary Perspective
Special to the Armenian Weekly Christmas time for an Armenian family tends to be one of the biggest events of the year, with non-stop cooking and eating, your 100-plus “family” members visiting and...
View ArticleRendahl: A Year of Light
For the past month I’ve been reading and re-reading parts of the journals my great-grandmother wrote and had published in the Benson County Farmers Press in the early 1950s. She was born in 1874—a mere...
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Worcester AYF Hosts 80th Annual Convention
The 80th Annual AYF-YOARF Eastern Region Convention was held from Dec. 26-30, 2013, in Westborough, Mass. About 40 Senior AYF members from the Eastern Region attended to evaluate the current state of...
View ArticleWe, the Bad Armenians
“Are you even a good Armenian?” was one of the sharpest responses my previous article, “I Turned My Back on Armenia,” elicited. Other commentators took it upon themselves to be the gatekeepers of our...
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Remembering the Assyrian Genocide: An Interview with Sabri Atman
BOSTON, Mass. (A.W.) —Exploiting an opportune moment during World War I, the Ottoman government carried out its intent to eliminate the empire’s Christian elements. Although a vast amount of...
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Bezjian: A Walk Through Dante’s Inferno
Special to the Armenian Weekly I was recently asked to help a journalist from a Prague-based radio station do a report on the Syrian-Armenian refugees in Beirut. She wanted to meet all sorts of...
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Conductor Aram Gharabekian Dies at 58
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Celebrated Armenian conductor Aram Gharabekian, 58, passed away on January 11 in Los Angeles. Aram Gharabekian Gharabekian was born in Iran in 1955. After graduating from the New...
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Obituary: Martha Aramian
Martha Aramian of Providence passed away on Jan. 11, 2014, in the loving embraces of her sisters S. Sue Aramian of New York and Margo A. Ragan of Pennsylvania, her niece Jocelyn, nephew Paul, her...
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The Housing Conundrum: Syrian Armenians in Armenia
Special for the Armenian Weekly “My father passed away a few years before the beginning of the conflict. My mother works as a cook for 12 hours a day, while my 14-year-old brother attends school,” says...
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AYF Olympics Leads to Baseball Hall-of-Famer
You never know who you’ll meet at an AYF Olympics, whether it’s in Boston, Detroit, or California. Hall-of-Famer Frank Thomas makes an Armenian child happy at an AYF Olympics. Oh sure, you’ll run...
View ArticleNon-Governmental Organizations in Armenia
During the Soviet era in Armenia, there were virtually no non-governmental organizations (NGOs). After the devastating earthquake of December 1988 and during the years of the war in Artsakh (Karabagh),...
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Book on Armenian Amiras Published in Turkish
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—On Dec. 25, 2013, Istanbul’s Aras Publishing published the Turkish translation of Hagop L. Barsoumian’s The Armenian Amira Class of Istanbul (İstanbul’un Ermeni Amiralar Sınıfı,...
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Weekly Publishes Baptism Records from Gesaria (1914-15)
As I write this (Dec. 11, 2013), we now stand 500 days from April 24, 2015. One hundred years ago, babies were born, couples married, and there was no idea that life in Western Armenia would change...
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