I have been informed by reliable sources that Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is continuing his efforts to initiate a personal ‘dialog’ with the Diaspora on Armenian-Turkish issues. Earlier this month, Davutoglu met with Armenian-Americans, as follow up to the meetings he held in Washington last March.

We’re Armenians, and we stand together, as proud sons and daughters of our ancient tribe, in believing in and building a bright and brilliant future for ourselves and all of humanity.

As he suppresses his urge for that drop of water in fear of being noticed by the enemy, he is searching within himself for assurance that his fight is not in vain. He believes that fighting for what is just and protecting what belongs to the Armenian people is not only his responsibility but his duty.

The title is my first thought when I heard the message from my mother, left this morning, about the death of one of my grand-aunts. Those morning calls always seem to bear ill tidings.

I just returned from a fascinating trip to Egypt. The Primate of the Armenian Church had invited me on behalf of the Diocesan Council to deliver the keynote address at the annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide

BY GAREN YEGPARIAN
Last weekend, someone paid me quite a compliment! As I was hiking down the mountainside, I said hello to a hiker going uphill, who then responded, but also asked if I was Armenian, if I wrote for Asbarez… I had been recognized because of my picture online. This was one of my readers! [...]

The anticipation that had been building on May 8 turned into jubilant pandemonium on May 9. SHOUSHI WAS TRIUMPHANTLY LIBERATED.

My fellow Armenians, Turkey and Azerbaijan are using their wealth and power to lie about our history, crush our homeland, and destroy our future. The attack that they have launched is against all of us.
Not just those in the Diaspora or in Armenia or Artsakh.

Standing on a vast field surrounded—enveloped—by the majestic and lush mountains of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic—Artsakh—I look down a steep and rugged gorge and can’t help but wonder how they did it. It must have required strength, resilience, but more importantly, an unmistakable will to push forward in the name of survival, not just of a people but of a nation.

The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) has been on a rampage in recent years, filing lawsuits against scholars, public officials, and civic groups who support the recognition of the Armenian Genoci

It’s good to see May 1st making a comeback in the United States as a day of labor and related rights. It’s sad that the post WWII efforts by the political right in the country have succeeded in largely erasing the origins and importance of that date from popular memory.

From the horrors of the Armenian Genocide to the tragedies that occurred during the Holocaust and are currently taking place in Darfur, genocide continues to play role in human history. These acts of injustice not only cause death and destruction but also create generations of survivors who were traumatized and who passed down their legacies.

Each Armenian of every generation – stretching back more than 4,000 years – has been both blessed and burdened with the same sacred and timeless tasks:

With the Armenian National Assembly elections slated for May 6, I am obliged to reflect upon the political situation of the last four years and contemplate where Armenia is headed.