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Twenty-five seconds: The remarkable story of Shavarsh Karapetyan
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 16, 1976, the surface of Yerevan Lake was calm and still when a sudden impact shattered the silence. A trolleybus carrying more than 90 passengers lost control near the dam...
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The daughter who became her father’s hero: Carla Jane Babayan
On Feb. 2, 2007, soldiers quietly gathered inside the Post Chapel at U.S. Army Camp Adder in southern Iraq. The room had fallen silent as they came together to honor Army Spc. Carla Jane Babayan, an...
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The Somme remembers: An Armenian son lost in the First World War
In 1916, during the First World War, the fields of northern France were no longer fields at all, but a terrifying wasteland of mud, broken trees and endless shell holes. Day after day, gunfire cracked...
View ArticleNeither Empowered nor Erased: Armenian Cypriots and the Politics of Recognition
Editor’s note: In this essay, Ellie Krikorian explores the history and identity of the Armenian community in Cyprus, from its centuries-long presence on the island to its role in modern Cypriot...
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Glendale’s earliest known Armenian settler
Archival records reveal the story of Megerdich James Normart, who arrived in Tropico 130 years ago and whose brother became Fresno’s earliest known Armenian visitor. Los Angeles-area newspaper archives...
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The Hartford circus fire of 1944: The day the clowns cried
On the hot summer afternoon of July 6, 1944, Hartford, Connecticut, was filled with joy, excitement and celebration. Barbour Street and the surrounding fairgrounds drew crowds from across the city....
View ArticleVenezuela’s forgotten Armenian community
Political turmoil, socioeconomic woes, massive emigration, and high crime rates have lately dominated media coverage of Venezuela. But beyond recent headlines about the country’s political earthquake,...
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The Armenian spirit: The wartime legacy of the Agazarian family
The story of the Agazarian family begins with a fateful love that bridged distant worlds. In his late teens, Berge Agazarian left his beloved Armenia and arrived in Liverpool, England, in 1911, seeking...
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A visit to Western Thrace: “Do not forget us”
Western Thrace — or Greek Thrace. The very name suggests that a visit there can feel like a journey into the past. I had come to this region for five days as part of a project aimed at digitizing...
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The America that welcomed: Armenian DPs from postwar Europe to LA
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series titled America at 250: An Armenian American Retrospective, running throughout 2026 in The Armenian Weekly, curated by former Weekly editor Dr. Khatchig...
View ArticleSocial media pages you’ll actually want to follow (Vol. 1): Badmatidaran
Whether we like it or not, social media plays a defining role in shaping how we see the world today. The good news? We still have a say in what fills our feeds — at least for now — which makes being...
View ArticleSuspects arrested in kidnapping and murder of 85-year-old Armenian in Sydney
SYDNEY, Australia — Police have arrested two men, aged 24 and 29, in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 85-year-old Armenian widower Chris Baghsarian. The arrests came after authorities...
View ArticlePolice fear kidnapped Armenian elder killed in Sydney
Chris Baghsarian, an 85-year-old Armenian widower who was kidnapped from his suburban Sydney home on Feb. 13, has been found dead, according to unconfirmed reports. Police discovered remains believed...
View ArticleTurkey’s last Armenian village, Vakef, endures – but for how long?
The Hamidian massacres, the Adana carnage and the Armenian Genocide were responsible for the near-total erasure of the millennia-old Armenian presence in what is now Turkey. Today, few traces of this...
View ArticleThe forgotten Armenian past of Crimea
Since 2014, Russia has promoted a nationalist and irredentist narrative portraying Crimea as “historically Russian land,” using it to justify its illegal occupation and subsequent annexation of the...
View ArticleArtsakh housing crisis: 25,000 families still without permanent homes as...
Former Artsakh official reveals gaps in Armenia’s housing assistance, with most refugees forced into the expensive secondhand market while economic and employment issues remain unaddressed. Nearly two...
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Aleppo and the collapse of a shared future
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) emerged during the Syrian civil war as a multi-ethnic system of governance, representing Kurds, Arabs, Syriacs, Armenians, Assyrians,...
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In the name of God
In the summer of 1944, as fire and fury swept across the globe, 1st Lt. Paul N. Kezerian was fighting for our freedom in the Pacific theater when his aircraft crashed on Espiritu Santo, the largest...
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All roads lead to Armenia: Chapter II (Nice)
In January 2024, we explored Paris, the French capital, discovering remarkable Armenian landmarks such as the Nubar Library, the equestrian statue of General Andranik and the incredible restaurant “La...
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“Issues of the Armenian Genocide” course in schools: New approaches and...
For many years, the Armenian Genocide was taught only in specific sections of the “History of Armenia” curriculum, using a conventional approach. Experts argue that the topic should be taught in a more...
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