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ANCA–Orange County Screens ‘Bolis’ and Empowers Youth
More than 300 community members attended the ANCA-Orange County’s Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the Gugasian Hall at Forty Martyr’s Armenian...
May 15 2012 / No comment / Read More »
My Telethon Donation In Memory of My Grandmother
It has become a ritual. Every meeting, event or gathering, my grandmother, Rosa Bikarian, will instantly pop into my...
May 12 2012 / No comment / Read More »
‘I am HaiTahd’: Students Rally Ahead of ANCA Telethon
BY MASHELLE KIRKMAN AND MARIA KARNIKIAN LITTLE ARMENIA—The first week of a month long celebration of Hai Tahd at Rose and...
May 12 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »
Los Angeles Area ADHCs Embrace ANCA Telethon Message of Civic Empowerment
Owners, staff and participants at over 24 adult day health care centers (ADHC) throughout the LA area have opened their...
May 12 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Noted Writer Aris G. Sevag Dies
Aris Sevag, loving husband, father, educator, writer, editor, and translator, passed away on April 28 in his home in Jackson...
May 12 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »
ATP and Acopian Center Announce Partnership
Armenia Tree Project and the Acopian Center for the Environment are joining together to initiate a new project in Margahovit...
May 7 2012 / No comment / Read More »
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Armenians in Egypt: Dwindling Yet Resilient in a Country in Turmoil
I just returned from a fascinating trip to Egypt. The Primate of the Armenian Church had invited me on behalf...
May 15 2012 / No comment / Read More »Hai-Tahd ≠ Spectator Sport
BY GAREN YEGPARIAN Last weekend, someone paid me quite a compliment! As I was hiking down the mountainside, I said hello...
May 10 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »EDITORIAL: Shoushi Stands Tall
The anticipation that had been building on May 8 turned into jubilant pandemonium on May 9. SHOUSHI WAS TRIUMPHANTLY LIBERATED....
May 9 2012 / No comment / Read More »An Open Letter On the Shoushi Liberation Anniversary
My fellow Armenians, Turkey and Azerbaijan are using their wealth and power to lie about our history, crush our homeland,...
May 9 2012 / 9 comments / Read More »Support Our Advertisers
Arts & Culture
Taboos, Tattoos, and Trauma: Making ‘Grandma’s Tattoos’
I have a tree, my own tree in Stockholm. A dead oak tree. Majestic from a distance. Yet it holds as its secret the big hole inside its trunk. You will not see it unless...
May 12 2012 / 4 comments / Read More »AIWA Board Attends Peter Carapetian’s Exhibit
The Los Angeles Affiliate of AIWA's Board of directors attended a luncheon at Tripod Gallery on May 1 to view the photography exhibit, "Armenia Observed."...
May 7 2012 / No comment / Read More »Light in the Darkness
Peter Balakian is undeniably one of the prominent authors whose literary work, which includes six books of poems, numerous essays, non-fiction books and a memoir, have influenced and transformed literary, cultural, political, social, and psychological...
April 26 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »‘Here’ to Open in Los Angeles on April 27
Here, the latest film from director Braden King, which is set and was shot in Armenia and stars Ben Foster (The Messenger, Contraband) and Lubna Azabal (Body of Lies, Paradise Now) opened in New York...
April 16 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »Armenia
Foreign Aid Panel More Than Doubles Aid to Karabakh
The U.S. House panel responsible for foreign aid this week adopted a number of provisions promoting U.S. interests and American values in the Caucasus, proposing...
May 16 2012 / No comment / Read More »Tbilisi’s St. Neshan Bell Tower Collapses
The bell-tower of the already-damaged St. Neshan Church collapses after heavy rains and flooding in the Georgian capital....
May 15 2012 / 3 comments / Read More »Election Monitors Make Statement About May 6 Vote
A group of independent non-governmental organizations tasked with monitoring last week’s parliamentary elections in Armenia issued a statement on the May 6...
May 12 2012 / 2 comments / Read More »International
Senators Call For Release of Azeri Activist
A bipartisan group of five U.S. senators has urged Azerbaijan to release political activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev immediately....
May 15 2012 / No comment / Read More »Hollande Unseats Sarkozy in French Vote
French Socialist candidate Francois Hollande beat incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy during Sunday’s elections....
May 7 2012 / 4 comments / Read More »Tchoboian Assumes Elected Office; EAFJD Appoints New President
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) announced that its long-time president, Hilda Tchoboian, has been elected a member of the Regional Council of Rhone-Alpes in France. In...
March 20 2012 / No comment / Read More »National
Company with Turkish Ties Gives to Schmidt Fund
Since Rep. Jean Schmidt created a legal expense trust to help repay an improper gift she received from the Turkish Coalition of...
May 12 2012 / 3 comments / Read More »German Government Report Slams Azeri ‘State Repression’
On the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest, scrutiny of host Azerbaijan is increasing, particularly the country's human rights record. A confidential...
May 2 2012 / 9 comments / Read More »
By Any Means
Hai-Tahd ≠ Spectator Sport
BY GAREN YEGPARIAN Last weekend, someone paid me quite a compliment! As I was hiking down the mountainside, I said hello...
May 10 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »My Turn
Armenians in Egypt: Dwindling Yet Resilient in a Country in Turmoil
I just returned from a fascinating trip to Egypt. The Primate of the Armenian Church had invited me on behalf...
May 15 2012 / No comment / Read More »Community Links
Youth and Genocide Commemoration Events
What do you do when it’s pouring outside? The first Sunday of spring, March 25, was an unusual rainy day....
April 23 2012 / No comment / Read More »My Name is Armen
A Blinding Clarity of Vision
Forty Easters ago, I woke up on foreign soil with a blurred vision that scared the daylights out of me....
May 10 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »