Ece Temelkuran’s latest book Deep Mountain: Across the Turkish-Armenian Divide explores the history and continuing discussion surrounding the Armenian Genocide in Armenia, Turkey, France, and the United States. The project, which was borne from conversations the author had with Hrant Dink, the late editor of Agos newspaper, probes deeper into this situation by interviewing a [...]
Taleen Babayan
International Rock Band Viza Brings New Sound to East Coast
With a music scene dominated by recycled pop music and digital voice enhancers, it is a challenging feat to turn on the radio and hear a song that is unique yet appealing to the listener. The band, Viza, however, has achieved just that, fusing rock, metal, and Middle Eastern music to create a one-of-a-kind sound. [...]
Ambassador Morgenthau Honored by Survivors
The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located on the tip of Manhattan in Battery Park, on the shores of Ellis and Liberty Islands, served as the setting for the honoring of Ambassador Henry Morgenthau, Sr. and his family, including Robert M. Morgenthau, chairman of the Museum, by Armenian Genocide survivors and the Knights and Daughters of [...]
Sassounian to Speak at Times Square Commemoration
NEW YORK—Harut Sassounian, the publisher of the California Courier newspaper, will speak at the 95th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on Sun., April 25 from 2-4 p.m. in Times Square, New York.
Harut Sassounian
A seasoned writer whose weekly editorials appear widely in both Armenian and non-Armenian media, Sassounian also authored the book The Armenian Genocide: The [...]
Knights and Daughters of Vartan to Honor Mathevosian, Toufayans
NEW YORK—The Mid-Atlantic Knights and Daughters of Vartan will hold their Third Annual Awards Dinner on Sat., March 27, under the auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) at Kavookjian Hall in New York.
The Lifetime Humanitarian Benefactor Award will be presented to Anoush Mathevosian [...]
An Interview with Michael Bobelian
Author Michael Bobelian’s first book, Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-Long Struggle for Justice, focusing on the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide, was recently published by Simon & Schuster.
Bobelian sat down with Taleen Babayan at the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center in New York to discuss Children of Armenia, which explores [...]
First International Conference of Armenian Libraries a Success
Participants listening intently the first day of the conference in the Old Theological Seminary at Holy Etchmiadzin
The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin served as the site for the first ever “Global Armenian Library Conference,” which took place from Aug. 25-27 in Armenia, attracting heads of the most prestigious Armenian libraries in the world.
Rachel Goshgarian, the [...]
2009 Times Square Commemoration
For the 24th consecutive year, Armenians converged in Times Square to commemorate the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Under a bright sky and record-breaking temperatures, the enthusiastic audience listened attentively to an assemblage of prominent speakers urging them to carry on the fight for Armenian Genocide recognition.
Genocide survivors at the Times Square commemoration
As a [...]

