Special Reports – Armenian Weekly

It is well established that the right to education is one of the most basic rights that children have. Imagine a case in which children are taught misinformation, history is rewritten, and school...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/10/30/azerbaijani-textbooks-create-hatred-toward-armenians-in-young-students/

In a grainy colored video from 1995, two men stand on the top of a mountain in Vanadzor, Armenia, their hands buried deep in the soil. The two men are Vladimir Kazadjian and Gagik Amiryan, AU...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/10/22/overshadowed-by-cop29-armenian-climate-solutions-deserve-a-spotlight/

In the shadow of conflict, the transformation of cities often reveals deeper layers of strategic intent. Artsakh, a region long entangled in geopolitical strife, provides a striking example of ho...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/09/18/militarized-urbanism-architecture-and-infrastructure-as-colonial-weapons-in-artsakh/

“I smell cigarette smoke,” one of my travel companions noted. That was the moment I knew that we should not linger any longer. We had been warned twice on the way up the hillside not AUTH...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/09/03/i-smell-smoke-the-continuing-destruction-of-armenian-cultural-sites/

Today, Luis Moreno Ocampo is a name recognized by Armenians worldwide. He has been one of the most important voices in defense of the Armenian population of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Moreno Oca...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/09/03/exclusive-interview-with-luis-moreno-ocampo/

This is a two-part story about two Detroit Armenian brothers during war: the eldest Haigus, a five star hero during World War II, and the youngest Hagop (Jack) during the Korean War. It is a ...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/08/20/a-story-of-two-detroit-brothers-in-war-part-two/

Recently, I returned from a journey to western Armenia leading a small group of friends to their ancestral villages. Prior to embarking on the trip, I contemplated additional areas I wanted to ...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/08/13/a-journey-to-vank-in-western-armenia/

A snippet of Movses Shakarian’s origin story was written by a friend of Movses’ father and appeared in the Armenian language Hairenik Monthly in May 1966. The title was “Last Day in Mezire....

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/08/06/no-paperwork-needed-for-his-adoption/

It seems fitting when a pack of dogs greets us at Turkey’s Ardahan border entry point. I am about to enter the land of my ancestors for an educational pilgrimage from May 25 to June AUTHOR ...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/07/23/after-ardahan-reflections-on-a-journey-to-the-homeland/

Background This is a two-part tale of two Armenian brothers from Detroit: the eldest Haigus during World War II and the youngest Hagop (Jack) during the Korean War. It is a story of the Tufenkjia...

http://armenianweekly.com/2024/06/24/a-story-of-two-detroit-brothers-in-war/