ANCA Desk Last week, Louisiana became the fourth state in the U.S. to recognize the Republic of Nagorno Karabagh (Artsakh) as a free, independent nation. The Louisiana State Senate adopted a resolution that urged the U.S. president and Congress to support Artsakh’s self-determination and democratic …
By Sara Elise Brown and Henry C. Theriault “Blaming the victim” is a tried and true method of genocide rationalization and denial, and has been used in case after case: “The Jews” were against Germany to undermine it (by supposedly creating “Bolshevism,” for instance, they …
ANCA Desk If you haven’t already heard, the ANCA partnered with several of our friends in Congress to introduce House Resolution 227: the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution. The resolution was introduced by Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Rep. Frank Pallone …
Spring has sprung, and not just in the weather. With a fresh season comes a fresh outlook on everything, from work projects to family time and everything in between. That includes a renewed sense of purpose and energy for the Armenian cause. We are already …
Yes, until World War II, the Medz Yeghern of 1915 was unprecedented not only in the history of our people, but in the entirety of humankind. An entire people, an entire nation coming from the depths of millennia was killed, was dying. We condemn genocide …
Now that the dust has settled it’s time to reflect upon the Yerevan municipal elections as an attempt to understand what unfolded and what went wrong. Diasporan repatriate Babken Der Grigorian documents two people approaching the voting booth together. (Photo by Eric Grigorian) The elections …
The Armenian Weekly April 2013 Magazine One night in November 2009, I heard Gerda Weissmann Klein speak in Austin, Texas, at the Hillel chapter at the University of Texas. Gerda is not only one of the most charismatic women I’ve ever met, she is also …
I recently had the opportunity to spend a few days in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in the north of Iraq. The generosity of the KRG, in cooperation with the institution where I study, allowed for around 15 graduate-level students …
The Armenian Weekly April 2013 Magazine (Download PDF by clicking here) Two years ago, when I decided to visit Turkey to do some research for my upcoming novel, people couldn’t wait to give me tips on what to see and do. They would inevitably describe …
It’s time for a new American approach to the Armenian Genocide, one that is as simple as it is sound: progress and peace based upon truth and justice. American policy on the Armenian Genocide can be both principled and practical. For, in properly commemorating this …
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