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Recipe Corner: A Taste of Beirut
Recipe and photos are courtesy of Joumana Accad, the talented creator of TasteofBeirut.com, the successful Lebanese food blog. A native of Lebanon, Joumana is a trained pastry chef and professional...
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Robert Fisk: Celebrated Middle East Correspondent of The Independent Dies...
DUBLIN, Ireland (Combined Sources) — Robert Fisk, a veteran Middle East correspondent for The Independent and the most celebrated journalist of his era, died on October 30 after an illness. He was 74....
View ArticleJason Sohigian Joins Armenian Museum of America as Executive Director
WATERTOWN, Mass.—After a lengthy search period, the Armenian Museum of America has recently hired Jason Sohigian as the organization’s executive director. Sohigian has degrees from Clark University and...
View ArticleArtsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) TV Reports
STEPANAKERT – The Armenian Mirror-Spectator continues to rebroadcast Artsakh TV’s news reports. We stand in solidarity with our colleagues at Artsakh’s Public TV Company and continue our cooperation,...
View ArticleTogether for Artsakh
This is a message for those who wonder how they could contribute today to counter the genocidal threat against the people of Artsakh The ongoing aggression against Artsakh is a continuation of the 1915...
View ArticleA Critical Exclusive Raffi Joe Wartanian’s Letters for Peace: Young Azeris...
It would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of this series of letters that journalist and human rights advocate Raffi Joe Wartanian has recently put out in Yerevan on Zangak Publishing House....
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Artsakh: The Cry from the Mountains on November 19
NEEDHAM, Mass. — Arlekin Players Theatre, co-producer Sara Stackhouse of BroadBand Collaborative, and presenting partner Cherry Orchard Festival in NY, will present an evening dedicated to Armenia,...
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Recipe Corner: Almas Koobation’s Tukalic (Drop Cakes)
Whenever award-winning chef Jon Koobation’s beloved grandmother, Almas Koobation came to babysit them as children in Dinuba, California in the 1950s, he and his sister Marilyn would beg her to make her...
View ArticleReview: Bedros Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches
The publication of this English translation of Armenian-American Sketches by Bedros Keljik is a landmark in the literary life of our community. When the Armenian-American community transitioned to...
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Orchestra for Peace Performs in Berlin
BERLIN — Walking up towards the Brandenburg Gate, you see on the ground a myriad of small red votive candles, lined up in rows to form a huge cross. Behind it, on a stage, an orchestra plays a piece by...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Army Shoots Down Russian Helicopter ‘Accidentally’ over Armenia
YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Azerbaijan has apologized for “accidentally shooting down” a Russian Mi-24 helicopter over Armenia, saying it is “ready to pay compensation,” Izvestia reports. The...
View ArticleLaw Firm Greenberg Traurig Drops Turkey
By Theodoric Meyer MIAMI (Politico) — The law and lobbying firm Greenberg Traurig has cut ties with the Turkish government under pressure from Armenian-American activists furious over Turkey’s support...
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Remembering Robert Fisk
By Peter Balakian I first met Robert Fisk at a bar at the Hilton in midtown Manhattan on an early spring day in 1997. He had gotten interested in the national petition drive I had started with Robert...
View ArticleWar, Dead or Alive
By Aram Pachyan Translated, from the Armenian, by Margarit T. Ordukhanyan How does one come back home? Krikor Beledian I don’t know how to write about war. What to write, perhaps—I may be capable...
View ArticlePreserve Artsakh: An Open Letter to the World Community
Academics call on global institutions to save Armenian heritage before it’s too late NEW YORK (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The end to active combat in the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war is far from the end of the war...
View ArticleSt. Vartan Priest and Council Meet with Oakland City Councilmember Bas
OAKLAND, Calif. – On November 12, Der Krikor Zakaryan, parish priest of St. Vartan Armenian Apostolic Church in Oakland, CA, along with present and past members Parish Council members met with District...
View ArticleLet Us Prudently Evaluate the Blow to Artsakh and Armenia
The peace agreement signed on November 10 by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia places Artsakh and Armenia in a critical situation which must be faced with vigilance and wisdom. The Supreme Council of the...
View ArticleDocumentation Project on Atrocities in Nagorno-Karabakh
STEPANAKERT/NEW YORK – The Program on Peacebuilding and Rights (PBHR) at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) launched on November 12 a research project on “Human Rights...
View ArticleStop the Blame Game
It has been a week since the statement signed by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan announcing the ceasefire in the Artsakh war. I am sure most Armenians in...
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Foreign Minister Mnatsakanyan Resigns
YEREVAN – Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan submitted his resignation on November 16, according to Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Anna Nagdalyan. Mnatsakanyan was foreign minister from May...
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