Interviews

Special for the Armenian Weekly This past summer during the height of Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge” against the Gaza Strip, I noticed the name Ivan Karakashian, advocacy unit coordinator of Defense for Children International Palestine (DCI-P) cited in news reports. DCI-Palestine is an [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly “Before traveling to Europe, [Armenian writer Yeghishe] Charents visited this city with his good friend, Avetik Isahakian. It’s unclear as to how long he stayed; perhaps 10 or 15 days. I’m not completely sure. It is said, however, that he stayed in this [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly On Nov. 26, the two Houses of the Bolivian Parliament (the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia) unanimously approved measures recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The resolutions express solidarity with the Armenian cause and condemn “all denialist policy [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly While recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the government of Turkey has been a priority for Armenian communities around the world, the notion of legal consequences that can emerge after recognition has generally been unaddressed or ignored. The cover of the report [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly The first time I came across photojournalist Scout Tufankjian’s work was about six years ago; it was during one  of my aimless bookstore strolls that the Armenian last name caught my eye. The name was printed on the cover of a book with a picture of then-newly [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly WATERTOWN (A.W.)—In late October, Archbishop Shahan Sarkisian, the prelate of Aleppo, granted an interview to the Armenian Weekly. The Archbishop was in Boston to meet with community organizations and to personally thank the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) for its [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly Few Armenians can claim to have saved as many lives as Raffy Ardhaldjian. Through his charity’s efforts, in conjunction with other organizations, Ardhaldjian has strived to improve the condition of public health in Armenia, particularly in the area of immunization. [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly Manchester, N.H. (A.W.)—As the conflict between Market Basket’s employees and Board of Directors surrounding the firing of CEO Arthur T. Demoulas enters its third month, the Armenian Weekly sought an inside perspective on the standoff that has made the news as [more...]