Lillian Avedian

On a Saturday afternoon at New York’s iconic Carnegie Hall, hundreds of children danced the “Tamzara.” The women of the Armenian folk trio Zulal clapped and skipped across the stage, while their audience of 599 children ages four to eight and their parents twirled their hands and shuffled back and forth in front of their seats. One child laughed as their parent held their arm and pretended to string it like an oud. “We call this the Tamzara, girls and boys play,” the trio sang.

On May 30, high school juniors Alex Kebadjian and João-Cameron Hopkinson delivered a presentation to their peers at Winchester High School in Massachusetts about why, in Kebadjian’s words, Mount Ararat is “more than just a mountain” for Armenians

Sima Setian Pariseau, 56, and Dylan Pariseau, 27, pillars of the St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church community of Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, died last week, victims of an apparent murder-suicide. “Sima was a quiet leader, a [...]

Lara Vanian-Green’s daughter came home from her fourth grade class at Armenian school one day and said that she and her friends were afraid to draw rainbows. Several of the boys in her class would [...]

Armenian authorities have denied that an altercation took place between Armenian and Azerbaijani border guards near the Tavush region. Hraparak recently reported that two incidents took place after Azerbaijani troops claimed that a newly-constructed Armenian road passes through Azerbaijani territory. After a bridge leading to Kirants village along a critical highway that connects Armenia to Georgia was ceded to Azerbaijan in May, Armenia began construction of an alternative road. Armenia’s National Security Service has said that “ the road under construction passes entirely through the territory of Armenia.” Speaking with RFE/RL’s Armenian Service, a local resident confirmed that the altercation did take place.

Laura Murvartian has built her campaign for Georgia State Representative, House District 48, on values defined by her family history of immigration and survival.

During the ANCA advocacy days, AYF members from throughout the Eastern U.S. traveled to the nation’s capital to advocate for Artsakh rights and Armenian security

The Armenian voices of Artsakh will soon take center stage at the University of Southern California. The USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies will host Artsakh Uprooted: Aftermaths of Displacement on Saturday, November 2, 2024 [...]

Jordan withdraws Oscars film entry about Artsakh under pressure from Azerbaijan

Rising star in local journalism Jason Takhtadjian has been named to Central California’s 40 under 40 Class of 2024 in recognition of his reporting on news, sports and Armenian community affairs in Fresno, California. “It’s [...]