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Confessions of an Angry Armenian
Special for the Armenian Weekly There it was again… The destruction, the desecration, the humiliation at the treatment of our sacred sites. And for what? A search for mythical gold? Gold that is not...
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Karapetyan Taking Quantum Leap with Boston Ballet
BOSTON, Mass.—As a young lad of 8 pursuing ballet, the girls laugh and giggled when they saw Avetik Karapetyan in leotards. Today, they can laugh all they want. Yerevan-born Avetik Karapetyan brings a...
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A Bold New Plan: Interview with Razmik Panossian
Razmik Panossian As Diasporan Armenian organizations struggle to shift their focus to better accommodate the needs facing Armenians worldwide—both in the independent republics, as well as in...
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ANCA Calls on Obama to Stop Attacks on Aleppo
Aleppo is being brutalized by heavy and indiscriminate rocket fire destroying homes, churches, schools, medical facilities, and businesses. Requests Community Meeting to Discuss Rescue of Aleppo...
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45 Days in Hell: Syrian Armenians Kidnapped and Tortured by FSA
We were held captive for 45 days. You cannot even begin to imagine the terror we endured during those hellish days.’ –Carlo Hatsarkorzian Special for the Armenian Weekly In October 2013, Human Rights...
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The Gallipoli/Dardanelles Campaign and the Armenian Genocide
‘In most of the writings about Gallipoli, civilian deportations and casualties are rarely mentioned. Even more disappointing is the failure to make the important link that the Gallipoli/Dardanelles...
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Last Genocide Survivor in Merrimack Valley Passes Away
METHUEN, Mass.—Nazalie “Nellie” Nazarian took her leave with a blaze of glory. Merrimack Valley genocide survivor Nellie Nazarian, 102, kept a vigil until the very end. The last genocide survivor in...
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Public Spending on Health, Education, and Infrastructure in Armenia
Special for the Armenian Weekly Public spending programs have the potential to level the playing field by broadening access to basic services for disadvantaged groups. The extent to which these...
View ArticleConference on Denial Brings Together Natural and Social Scientists
WORCESTER, Mass.—Four academic centers and institutions have teamed up to organize a conference on “Manufacturing Denial and the Assault on Scholarship and Truth,” to be held on Friday and Saturday,...
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Karanian’s ‘Armenia and Karabakh’ Earns Prestigious National Book Award
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Independent Book Publisher’s Association (IBPA) recently awarded a silver medal to author Matthew Karanian’s Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone Garden Travel Guide in the category...
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#ReturnChurches: ANCA Rallies Support for Churches Accountability Act
Tuesday, June 24: Congressional Call-In Day and Social Media Campaign WASHINGTON—With just days to Thursday’s vote by the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Turkey Christian Churches...
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Churches, Resolutions, and Justice: Contemplations in Western Armenia
Special for the Armenian Weekly It was day one on my eighth journey to Western Armenia. My wife, Joyce, and I were sitting in a tea-house in the town of Shadakh (Çatak) with a diverse group that...
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A Photographic Tribute to Baydzar, One of Diyarbakir’s Last Armenians
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—One of Diyarbakir’s last Armenians, 87-year-old Baydzar Eken, passed away at a local hospital on June 23. A month earlier, on May 23, the Armenian Weekly editors, joined by a...
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Farewell to Baydzar: Diyarbakir Loses One of Its Last Armenians
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—One of Diyarbakir’s last Armenians, 87-year-old Baydzar Eken, passed away at a local hospital on June 23. Baydzar waves to Weekly editors as they depart. (Photo by Nanore...
View ArticleThree Apples: dOIN’ tIME iN dAW’HA
Once there was and there was not … 1. [[[ dIS aPPEAR fROM hERE ]]] It’s Tuesday, and he’s on an Airbus, 32,972 feet above land, waiting for a computer network to ping him and beg him to return....
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Democracy vs. Autocracy: The Legal Battlefront
Special for the Armenian Weekly On April 2, something unexpected happened in Armenia: The Constitutional Court came down with a verdict overturning a government-backed law. In a 64-page ruling read by...
View ArticleHouse Panel Adopts Turkey Churches Accountability Act
Beats Back Ankara’s Attacks WASHINGTON—The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a powerful religious freedom measure this morning holding Turkey accountable for the return of thousands of stolen...
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Chicago Celebrates Hairenik, Armenian Weekly Anniversaries
On Sat., May 17, Chicago community leaders and activists came together at Arpy Seferian’s home to celebrate the 115th anniversary of the Hairenik and the 80th anniversary of the Armenian Weekly. The...
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Ferllini and Croft: The Case of an Armenian Mass Grave
By Roxana Ferllini and Alexandra M. Croft The Armenian Weekly April 2014 magazine The following article is aimed at both the Armenian community and the general reader, with the intention of...
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Armenian Mass Graves Revisited: A Photo-Essay
Special for the Armenian Weekly April 2014 magazine It began in Yerevan, while I was photographing the National Geographic story on Armenia that was published in 2005. “Sandra, there are a lotta bones...
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