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 [...]

The Hairenik and Armenian Weeklies this week conducted an interview with ARF Eastern U.S. Central Committee chairperson Antranig Kasbarian on the recent developments in Turkey-Armenia relations. Below is the full-transcript of the interview.
Armenian Weekly—How do you explain the recent developments in Turkey-Armenia relations?
Antranig Kasbarian—For many years since its independence, Armenia has faced pressure—primarily from the [...]

Deborah Dwork
Deborah Dwork is the Rose Professor of Holocaust History and Director of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. As the founding Director of the Center, she has given shape to a forum for Holocaust and genocide education and scholarship, dedicated to teaching, research, and public service. Her books [...]

Sibel Edmonds
On April 23, 2007, I sat down in Washington, D.C. with FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds for an extensive interview, which was published in the Armenian Weekly and on ZNet and widely circulated. On Aug. 18, 2009, I conducted a follow-up phone interview with Edmonds, who was visiting New Zealand. The interview is an overview [...]

An Interview with David Krikorian
On Aug. 17, Weekly editor Khatchig Mouradian talked to David Krikorian, a candidate in the Ohio Second Congressional District race (www.krikorian2010.com), about his campaign and the complaints filed against him by his opponent, Congresswoman Jean Schmidt.
Khatchig Mouradian—Why did Schmidt file the complaints and what political or financial gains was she expecting [...]

An Interview with Armen Keteyian
It may have been hard to convince this second-generation Armenian American growing up that he would one day be in charge of a major network’s investigating unit and have eight Emmy Awards that praise his integrity, interviewing skills, and versatility. Add to that his position as a shortstop in a professional [...]

Below is an interview with Sibel Edmonds that appeared in the May 12 and May 19, 2007 issues of the Armenian Weekly. We repost it here for its relevance today, especially after recent reports that Edmonds has requested Attorney General Holder to review the invocation of the state secrets privilege. If the invocation is reviewed, [...]

Below is an interview with Armenia’s former Foreign Minister of Vartan Oskanian about his recently published book, Speaking to Be Heard.
Vartan Oskanian
Hourig Mayissian: What led you to prepare Speaking to Be Heard?
Vartan Oskanian: Even when I was in office, I was conscious that a public official—elected or appointed—has a responsibility to communicate with the public, [...]

Life in Postwar Kosovo as the U.S.’s ‘Burek Republic’

PRISTINA, Kosovo (A.W.)—On March 19, a snowy day and a month after the Republic of Kosovo’s second anniversary of its independence from Serbia, I sat and talked in Kosovo’s capital with artist and local unemployed folk musician Atjem Gashi, 27, about the state of Kosovo’s youth unemployment [...]

LA Times War Correspondent Talks about Kosovo and ‘Promised Virgins’
WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—On May 14, Jeffrey Fleishman, the Los Angeles Times Cairo Bureau chief and former Philadelphia Inquirer war correspondent assigned to the war in Kosovo from 1999-2000, spoke to the Weekly about his debut novel Promised Virgins: A Novel of Jihad (Arcade Publishing, February 2009) [...]