PORSHRUNN, Norway—As a young woman growing up in Providence, R.I., Christine Varadian was prominently immersed in Armenian life.
The Varadian-Johnsen family in Norway‏
When she wasn’t breaking records in the AYF Olympics, she was displaying strong leadership skills at chapter meetings and at the Central Executive level. As an active member of an Armenian Church, her heritage [...]

An Interview with Alla Berberyan

Armenia Tree Project (ATP) recently announced the addition of Alla Berberyan to its team of program managers in Yerevan. Berberyan has a degree in linguistics and literature from Yerevan State University and a master’s in political science and international affairs from the American University of Armenia (AUA). She has completed a [...]

It was the day before the Dec. 4 benefit concert by world-famous opera star Isabel Bayrakdarian and her pianist husband Serouj Kradjian at the Ford Performing Art Center for St. Sarkis Armenian Church.
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Several interviews had been set up for the international stars in the local media and I was the last to have access [...]

Below is an article published in the Feb. 2, 2008  issue of the Armenian Weekly on a reunion on board the Armenian Heritage Cruise. The 13th Armenian Heritage Cruise sails on Jan. 16. For more information, go to www.ArmenianHeritageCruise.com.
“All the support I have provided to Melkonian—whether moral or financial—does not even pay for the olives we [...]

Born on Aug. 17, 1952 in the largest city in Canada’s Niagara region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, also known as St. Catharines, he went on to Ithaca College in New York on a lacrosse scholarship and later lead Canada to an upset win over the U.S. at the 1978 World Lacrosse [...]

The following interview was published in the Armenian Weekly on April 5, 2008. More than a year and a half later, its message continues to resonate. The conflict in Darfur might be “frozen” but it is not resolved. And genocide can rear its ugly head again.
NEW YORK (A.W.)—Nicholas Kristof has been an Op-Ed columnist for [...]

Without recognizing that the most important source of protest is the search for
justice, we cannot comprehend the developments.
To equate the diaspora with the MHP because of protests
that fundamentally “seek justice” is truly disrespectful and insolent.
Taner Akcam
This interview with Prof. Taner Akcam was conducted at Clark University’s Strassler Center in Massachusetts on Oct. 30 by Dr. [...]

Dikran Kaligian has taught history at Clark University and Regis, Westfield State, and Wheaton colleges. He is past chairperson of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Eastern United States and managing editor of the Armenian Review. He received his Ph.D. in history from Boston College. His book, Armenian Organization and Ideology under Ottoman Rule, [...]

Influences in His Childhood, Kindness of Strangers
CARNEGIE CORPORATION, N.Y.—On Nov. 7, Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be honored as Professional of the Year by the Armenian Professional Society at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, Calif.
An interview with Gregorian is a unique experience. He impresses one as [...]

Education: Its Values and Pitfalls
CARNEGIE CORPORATION, N.Y.—On Nov. 7, Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be honored as Professional of the Year by the Armenian Professional Society at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, Calif.
An interview with Gregorian is a unique experience. He impresses one as a brilliant, [...]