Letter: You Cannot Threaten, Condone, or Enact Violence Against LGBT Armenians
Dear Editor,
In the aftermath of the fire-bombing of the gay-friendly bar DIY on May 8 in Yerevan and the subsequent bail out of one of the bombers by Dashaksutyun MP Artsvik Minasyan, who condoned the act “in accordance with national ideology,” numerous statements have been made by ARF members that condemn homophobia in general and [...]
Erbal: A Tale of Two Monuments
An Extremely Belated Anatomy of Two Radically Understudied Makings and One Unmaking
The Armenian Weekly Magazine
April 2012
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The annals of Turkish-Armenian “rapprochement,” “reconciliation,” “initiative,” and “dialogue” marked Jan. 8, 2011 as the day when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called the Monument of “Humanity” by Mehmet Aksoy in Kars a freak (ucube), overshadowing a nearby Islamic [...]
Kaligian: A Matter of Moral Credibility
By now, many readers are aware of this week’s firebombing of DIY, a Yerevan bar frequented by bohemians and LGBT. This heinous act of vandalism, accompanied by the painting of swastikas on the walls of the premises, leaves no doubt that the level of intolerance towards minorities remains very high in Armenia today. To add [...]
Letter: The ARF Should Send a Strong Message
Dear Editor,
The ARF has been part of my bloodline. I never knew of a time when I wasn’t associated with it. During most of my life, I was involved in it. It is with great pain and distress that I learn that members of the Armenian Parliament, who are ARF members, have bailed out men [...]
Aghjayan: Investing in ANCA Yields Diverse, Proven Returns
On May 20, the ANCA Endowment Fund will host its third telethon in the past decade. By now, you have seen it on websites, read about it in e-mails and the community press, and seen it on television and social media sites. Hopefully you, in turn, are sharing the news with your friends and family, [...]
Kings of Spades (Part 1): Fantasies of Sovereignty in a Pathology Plot
The Armenian Weekly Magazine
April 2012
A woman raped, disenchanted, and sickened by the burden of proof. Dogmatic, hypocritical, cowardly students. The first represents the Armenian Diaspora, and the second, politicized Kurds, in two telling fantasies that have adorned the pages of Taraf, the sometime-contrarian Turkish newspaper, which recently boasted the Wikileaks first-publication rights in Turkey, and [...]
My Telethon Donation In Memory of My Grandmother
By Pattyl Aposhian Kasparian
It has become a ritual. Every meeting, event or gathering, my grandmother, Rosa Bikarian, will instantly pop into my head. I see her clear as a bell.
Pattyl Aposhian Kasparian with Houry Aposhian, her grandmother Rosine Bikarian and Berj Alexanian.
It’s understandable, right? I spent most of my life under her supervision. She raised [...]
Gunaysu: The Reign of Lies in Turkey
Organized denial means the reign of lies. The denialist, in order to sustain denial, has to resolutely and incessantly lie. Otherwise it can’t go on. The truth, even bits of information that might hold the slightest potential of undermining the lie, is the biggest and most merciless enemy of denial. So the denialist, having created [...]
Taboos, Tattoos, and Trauma: Making ‘Grandma’s Tattoos’
The Armenian Weekly Magazine
April 2012
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 you climb down and examine it closely. This magnificent oak has still kept its form. The [...]
Letter: AK Party Founding Member’s Statement Hypocritical
Dear Editor,
Regarding your article, “AK Party Founding Member Apologizes for Deportations” (Armenian Weekly, April 28, 2012): It was unbelievable that such a hypocritical statement was made. The hypocrisy stems from Ysmet Uema’s comment that if Turkey wanted to commit genocide against the Armenians, they would have employed methods that the Americans used against Native Americans. [...]
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