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ONNIK: Portrait of a Legend
The setting is the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, where the All-Stars are playing for the AYF Olympics Grand Ball. The band is just getting into the groove during the first of several sets to come....
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The Exodus of Musa Dagh Armenians: From the Sanjak of Alexandretta to Anjar,...
The Sanjak of Alexandretta/Iskenderun was an autonomous province within Syria during the interwar years. Its inhabitants included a significant number of Armenian natives and refugees, among them the...
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‘2012 Declaration’: A History of Seized Armenian Properties in Istanbul
After two years of painfully detailed research through thousands of documents, the Hrant Dink Foundation in Istanbul has produced a monumental work on the history and present status of the properties...
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Revisiting the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant
The Soviet Union may have dissolved more than two decades ago, but its nuclear legacy is still a matter of contention and controversy in and among its former territories and their neighbors. One...
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The Evil That We Do Not Know: ‘Medz Yeghern’ and the ‘Old Language’
Then he stopped and announced, ‘You know, there was on this land a medz yeghern, a great cataclysm,’ as the survivors called the genocide. —Aris Janigian (2009)1 The following spring, the Armenian and...
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The Great Crime that Was Brewing: The Meaning of ‘Medz Yeghern’ before 1915
‘We want to believe in the victory of Freedom and of tomorrow’s brotherhood, we want to enjoy smiles, we want to strengthen our faith that famine is not eternal, blood is not eternal, yeghern is not...
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The Self-Delusion of ‘Great Calamity’: What ‘Medz Yeghern’ Actually Means Today
Towards the metropolis of the Medz Yeghern (Avetis Aharonian, 1918)1 In our previous article, we established that “Medz Yeghern” literally meant “Great Crime” for the survivors of the genocide. It...
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To Greener Shores: A Detailed Report on Emigration from Armenia
“It’s been 10 years that I’ve been out of the country. Life is very hard in Armenia; there are no jobs over there,” Lilit1, 53, told the Armenian Weekly. “Women worked very long hours—we worked more...
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A Story of Defiance: Activists Reject International Observers’ Assessment of...
YEREVAN (A.W.)—On Feb. 19, around 10 minutes into a press conference where the international election observation mission was presenting its assessment of the Feb. 18 Armenian presidential elections, a...
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School for Syrian-Armenian Kids Forges Ahead in Yerevan
YEREVAN (A.W.)—More than 300 Syrian-Armenian children who fled Aleppo in recent months are now studying at a school in Yerevan, and following the Syrian curriculum. Children getting ready for class...
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Armenia’s Hybrid Politician: A Look at Raffi Hovannisian through U.S. Embassy...
The U.S. Embassy cables released by WikiLeaks provide invaluable information and insight on how American diplomats assess the inner workings of Armenia’s politics in general, and key players like Raffi...
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Pastures of Milk and Honey: Heifer Empowers Armenian Farmers
At 79, Tanganush Kostikyans, a grandmother of four from the village of Meghrashat in Armenia, decided it was time to own her small business—a cow she came to name Tsaghik (Flower). The cow came to her...
View ArticleScholarship, Manufacturing Doubt, and Genocide Denial
Scholarship, Manufacturing Doubt, and Genocide Denial (1) The Armenian Weekly April 2013 Magazine (Download in PDF) Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’...
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The Georgetown Girls: Reconstructing a Family History
The Armenian Weekly April 2013 Magazine (Download in PDF) Last year, I had the opportunity to travel with my family to Armenia for the first time. The highlight of the trip was visiting with my...
View ArticleGharabegian: Water Issues in Armenia
Armenia has abundant water resources that are generally adequate for drinking, irrigation, and industrial use throughout the country, with some limitations in a few areas. Water usage has been reduced...
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A History of a Perfect Crime
A History of a Perfect Crime1 The Armenian Weekly April 2013 Magazine (Download PDF here) I spent my high school years in Samatya. The majority of my classmates were the children of the Armenians who...
View ArticleA Blueprint for Diaspora Representation in Negotiations with Turkey over...
The Armenian Weekly (June 1, 2013) In the course of almost a century, Armenian institutions’ and individuals’ various stances on Turkey and Genocide recognition have hardened into maximalist positions....
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A Nearly Forgotten History: Women Deacons in the Armenian Church
On Sunday afternoon, June 9, 2013, the Chicago chapter of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society presented a program on a segment of Armenian Church history at the Armenian All Saints...
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Electricity Production in Armenia
Electricity production in Armenia has fully recovered from the major problems it was facing in the early 1990’s and is now a reliable industry. Armenia’s energy issues began after the 1989 earthquake,...
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Celebrating Armenian Literary Tradition in the Library of Congress
WASHINGTON (A.W.)–Walking through the Great Hall of the Library of Congress (LOC) in Washington, D.C., is a surreal experience. The regal columns, golden walls, and elaborate artwork covering the...
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