| GIBRAHAYER'S FIRST ONLINE
MINI-SURVEY REVEALS... |
| Gibrahayer - Nicosia 24 September, 2008 - Gibrahayer e-magazine's first online survey has provided interesting information about our community that may help decision-making bodies to re-assess their mission in our island.
No doubt, there are aspects of the survey itself that could be organised in a different way. Subscribers have come forward with new ideas, to include more questions, to have more options and use different models and approaches.
The few people actively involved with Gibrahayer's publications probably could not undertake a bigger survey. In order to accomplish this we will need volunteers. You can begin by sending to us an email and we will do our best to put people and questions together and organise a bigger survey.
The survey that we publicise today, probably has certain shortcomings. We start with the very fact that this was an ONLINE survey and not a telephone or postal one. We are certain that we would have had similar shortcomings if the survey was conducted over the phone. Would the interviewees truthfully answer the questions put to us? Perhaps an online survey better catered for anonymity.
Nevertheless, Gibrahayer's first online survey IS a reality and here are YOUR results, which provide a near indication and some trends in our community. ONLINE SURVEY RESULTS
- Despite our Christian values and pride as the first Christian nation, only 18% regularly attend Church, almost 6% never attend Church and the rest attend Church a few times a year on christenings, weddings and funerals.
- Despite attempts in recent years to increase Greek learning at the expense of Armenian and English, 54% of parents wanted to send their children to English secondary private schools with 0% to a Greek Cypriot Gymnasium.
- Despite talk of regression of the Armenian language, 70% said that they spoke Armenian best, better than Greek or English.
- Despite a close contest in the elections of a few years ago, Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian was rated with a combined positive vote of "good" and "excellent" taking 66% while 23% did not give an opinion and 11% declared that they found the MP's work "unsatisfactory".
- Despite the size of the community and ongoing talk that community functions are not attended well, only 13% declared they do not attend events and 10% that they attended less than three functions a year.
- Despite the fact that 18% skipped the question, Cypriot political parties received the following preferences. DIKO 34%, DISY 29%, AKEL 25%, EDEK 15%.
- Despite 14% skipping the questions the Gibrahayer placed themselves, 19% right-wing, 24% center-right, 49% center-left and 9% communist.
- Despite efforts by the "graduating" Hokapartsoutiun to show that there are
minimal problems in Nareg, only 4% found Nareg's mission extremely good, 25% very good, while 71% gave Nareg a negative vote between "could be much better" (51%) and very bad (20%). - Despite being labelled upper Middle-class, almost 30% said they were just making ends meet, 5% not making ends meet, 10% said that money was not an issue, while one in two stated they were simply living comfortably.
- Despite the fact that Armenian Cypriots declare being chezok (neutral) and almost 18% skipped the question, when asked if they were to vote which Armenian political party they would vote for, Ramgavars collected 14%, Henchagians, 13%, Communists 5% and ARF Dashnaktsoutiun 70%.
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| POLITIS FACT SHEET ON GIBRAHAYER NOW ONLINE |
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| TURKISH AND ARMENIAN DIPLOMATS BEGIN NEXT ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS |
September 20 - ArmInfo: The next round of negotiations between the Armenian and Turkish diplomats began in Switzerland, APA reports with reference to the Turkish Daily News. According to the newspaper, diplomats are trying to finalise a draft for the common declaration of goodwill in the wake of a tripartite meeting between the foreign ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia to take place in New York at the end of September, said the Turkish Daily News, APA reports.
Undersecretary of the foreign ministry, Ertugrul Apakan, and his deputy, Unal Chevikez, headed for Switzerland late Sunday to meet their counterparts in Bern, which already hosted two rounds of talks in May and July.
Diplomatic sources said Armenia now moves closer to giving a green light for a joint committee of historians to study the events of 1915. The source recalls that the Armenian and Turkish diplomats have already held secret negotiations in Switzerland in May. |
| REMEMBERING ADANA 1909
A Hundred Year Perspective
CALL FOR PAPERS |
| To mark the centenary of the Adana Massacres of 1909 a one-day symposium will be held at the London School of Economics on 28 March 2009. The meeting will look back at Adana 1909 to evaluate the humanitarian activity in the aftermath of the 1909
massacres and to explore the response, imagery and meaning ascribed to those events.
Since 1909, Adana has continued to resonate as an evocative historic community in the consciousness of the Armenian Diaspora, and it has commanded artistic responses in literature, art and film.
Possible subjects might include, but are not limited to, the following:
* the response to Adana 1909 by observers, survivors, humanitarian organizations and writers;
* analysis of or new approaches to the classic texts by authors such as Zabel Yesayian, Souren Bartevian, Siamanto, Arshagouhi Teotig or Hagop Terzian;
* analysis of texts by foreign observers on Adana 1909;
* Adana in oral narratives or song;
* the relationship between art, violence and mourning;
* literary texts or film or artwork exploring Adana as lost (or ancestral) home, images of Adana, memory or Diasporan identity.
Those wishing to participate should send the titles of their proposed papers with a 300 word summary to the organising committee. Entries should include the names of presenters, their institutional affiliations, as well as contact details. Once accepted the final drafts of each paper should be sent to the organisers by February 1, 2009 for distribution amongst discussants prior to the seminar meeting. The seminar will be in English.
For more details please email adana at gomidas dot org
Organised by the Gomidas Institute, 42 Blythe Rd., London, W14 0HA, England |
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| GIBRAHAYER EMAGAZINE TO LAUNCH
TRIVIA GAME IN SEPTEMBER 2008 |
Gibrahayer - Nicosia - As part of its plans to expand its online activities, Gibrahayer e-magazine will be launching an Educational online Trivia Game, that parallel to providing prizes to its winners, will provide an educational forum on important historical and political happenings of Armenian reality.
A team across Armenia and the Diaspora has already started working on the project and the Game will be officially launched this autumn.
More than 100 major prizes have been donated and will be given out to our winning subscribers.
We urge our subscribers to support our new online activities by financially contributing to the team that will be working on the project. |
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Thank you for extending Gibrahayer e-magazine's lifeline and providing us with the opportunity to constantly bring innovation to our online services.
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International subscribers can make contributions to: Marfin Popular Bank Public Company Ltd, Bank Address: Strovolos Industrial Area sub-Branch Stavrou Avenue 96-I, 2034 Nicosia - Cyprus, A/C Name: Aynedjian Simon, Account No: 101 1100 3412, Swift Code: LIKI CY 2N, IBAN: CY13 0030 0101 0000 0101 1100 3421
All names of contributors will be announced in the Autumn of 2008, when Gibrahayer e-magazine resumes publications. |
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| Sports News on Gibrahayer.com |
| Read all the important news related to Cyprus and Armenian sport-world by visiting the section entitled Cyprus and Armenian Sports on www.Gibrahayer.com - Visit the Sports Page on Gibrahayer.com, to view the complete schedule of fixtures of Cyprus Champions Anorthosis Famagusta, until December 2008
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| TATIANA FERAHIAN IN STRASBOURG EXHIBITION |
Nicosia - Wednesday 24, September 2008 - Armenian Cypriot artist and Gibrahayer e-magazine cartoonist Tatiana Ferahian, will be accompanying Mrs. Daphne Trimikliniotis, to help set up the group exhibition entitled diverCYty, which will take place at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, from 30 September - 10 October 2008.
The participating artists in this exhibition are: Carla Abrantes, Mariza Bargilly, Tatiana Ferahian, Anna Georghiou, Clara Zacharaki-Georgiou, Nilgün Güney, Nitsa Hadjigeorgiou, Sofia Hadjipapa, Inci Kansu, Mariam Souhanova Foukara, Katie Stefanidou, Ismet Tatar, Daphne Trimikliniotou, Susan Vargas.
"The exhibition showcases the work of fourteen women - Cypriot artists from different communities, different ethnicities and cultures, who, apart from the fact that they all live on the island of Cyprus, they have one thing in common; they all express their emotions, their feelings and aspirations through Art. The exhibition aims to demonstrate the diversity between the individual artists, to show their different styles and artistic expression which is as individual and unique, as they are as people. They all find their own way to communicate through their art, sending a message of will to live in harmony and peace in a reunited island within a multicultural and open Europe." Daphne Trimikliniotis (President of Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts, E.KA.TE.)
"The event is specially organised to coincide with the President of the Republic of Cyprus H.E. Mr Demetris Christophias' presence in Strasbourg, the statesman who conceived the dream and made it a vision of his life, to re-unite the long-tormented and artificially divided island of love." Michalis Stavrinos (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the Council of Europe.) |
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| Sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Culture of The Republic of Cyprus
in association with the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the Council of Europe
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| Gibrahayer Calendar |
- Every Sunday from 7:00 pm - midnight - Marie Louise (vocals) and Armen (guitar and vocals) perform at The Golden Bay Hotel Bar in Larnaca.
- Every Thursday (starting from 17 July) and every Sunday after 10:30 pm - Hovig (vocals) and Argyro (piano) perform at Pralina Bar on Stasikratous street in Nicosia.
- Thursday 25 September at 9:00 pm - Homenmen Nicosia vs Lefkoniko at The Melkonian Indoor Stadium. For the second year running Homenmen, under coach Armen Danielyan will be contesting for the 3rd Division of the Cyprus Futsal Championship.
- Saturday, September 27, at 5:00pm - Armenian Evangelical Church Service at the Greek Evangelical Church in Nicosia.
- 30 September - 10 October 2008 - Armenian Cypriot artist and Gibrahayer e-magazine cartoonist Tatiana Ferahian, will be accompanying Daphne Trimikliniotis, to help set up the group exhibition entitled diverCYty, which will take place at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, from 30 September - 10 October 2008 (details enclosed above)
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Friday 14 November at 8:30 pm - Celebrations for the 20th Anniversary of the Armenian Relief Society of Sosse Cyprus Chapter at The Cleopatra Hotel in Nicosia. Details to follow. -
Friday 28th November 2008 - The Office of the Armenian Representative has invited the world famous «Cadence» Ensemble of Armenia to perform only for one night at Latsia Municipal Theatre. «Cadence» Ensemble’s repertoire includes masterpieces of classical and contemporary music of European, American, Russian and Armenian composers as well as the works of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla.
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