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Wed, 15 May 2013 22:51:00 GMT
Diasporan group monitors Yerevan city electionsDuring the May 5 election, more than 100 members of a joint local-Diaspora monitoring team sought to preempt and register voting irregularities, write Sara Anjargolian and Ursula Kazarian.
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Wed, 15 May 2013 22:01:00 GMT
Calendar of EventsPost-election developments in Armenia will be discussed at events in Boston and LA on May 23 and 28, respectively; for details about these and other upcoming Armenian happenings in America consult the Calendar of Events.
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Wed, 08 May 2013 11:45:00 GMT
Historical novel "The Astrologer of Karabagh" released in EnglishThe Armenian Cultural Foundation prepared the new translation from the Russian original by Platon Zubov.
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Wed, 08 May 2013 11:34:00 GMT
Kasbarian's book for children gets Nautilus awardThe Greedy Sparrow: An Armenian Tale, retold by Lucine Kasbarian, illustrated by Maria Zaikina won the 2013 Nautilus Silver Award in the Children's Picture Book category.
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Tue, 07 May 2013 08:21:00 GMT
Alexanians in father-daughter documentary projectTom Vartabedian talks with photojournalist and filmmaker Nubar Alexanian about his project on the legacy of Armenian genocide.
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Tue, 07 May 2013 08:09:00 GMT
Kay Mouradian tells her mother's survival story in book, documentaryMy Mother’s Voice, an updated book (2013 Edition) and new documentary, tell the moving story of Flora Munushian’s teenage years, and are written and produced by her daughter Kay Mouradian. From 1914-1919, Flora traveled from Hadjin, Turkey to Aleppo, Syria then ultimately to the United States, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide.
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Tue, 07 May 2013 07:59:00 GMT
French art historian talks Armenian influencesArtsvi Bakhchinyan interviews art historian Sarah Anne Laporte Eftekharian.
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Tue, 07 May 2013 06:55:00 GMT
First Halvajian poetry competition winners announcedThe Armenian Students' Association, Inc. (ASA Inc.) congratulated Shahe Mankerian of Pasadena, CA, Sarah Abigail Stites of Grove City College in Reston, VA, and Rachel Megan Maclean of Northside High School in Roanoke, VA who were the winners of the 2012 "Arthur Halvajian Memorial" Armenian Poetry Competition. The competition was sponsored by the ASA Inc. in partnership with the Armenian Poetry Project.
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Sun, 05 May 2013 21:59:00 GMT
Calendar of EventsThe recent novel by Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli set during Armenian pogroms in Baku will be discussed in Washington on May 10; for details about this and other upcoming Armenian happenings in America consult the Calendar of Events.
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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:21:00 GMT
Resilience echoes through Times Square at genocide memorialTaleen Babayan reports on the annual Armenian Genocide commemoration held in the center of Manhattan on April 21.
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