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Special to the Armenian Weekly
At the delicate age of 13, my grandfather started his first day of school at the local technical school in Sivas, Turkey. He and his friend Nishan, the only other Armenian in the school, sat side by side in the front row of the classroom. It was on the third or fourth day that the vice principal of the school abruptly showed up in the classroom and said, “Melkon and Nishan, please report to the principal’s office. Bring your backpacks and all of your belongings as well.”
Empty seats on a sidewalk in Mush. (Photo by Khatchig Mouradian)
They walked towards the principal’s door confused and frightened. Once they entered the office, the principal put out his cigarette and, without any hesitation, told them to sit down.
Then he began, “Unfortunately boys, there’s no more room in the school for you both. I’m afraid you need to find a new school.”
Not knowing what to say and with tears in their eyes, they both held...
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War. With the Republics of Mountainous Karabagh and Armenia. That’s what!
Azerbaijan Runs Out of Oil, Then What?
Here’s how and why.
By all accounts, Azerbaijan’s oil will run out, practically speaking, in a little more than a decade (most comprehensively explained in Alec Rasizadeh’s “Azerbaijan’s Chances in the Karabakh Conflict,” http://hir.harvard.edu/azerbaijans-chances-in-the-karabakh-conflict?page=0,1). This doesn’t mean there won’t be any oil left underground. It means that given how much oil remains, where it is, the equipment installed to extract it, and the expense of upgrading that equipment to be able to retrieve it, it will not be cost effective to get what remains.
Of course, new finds might be made, possibly some that are retrievable through fracking. Newer, better technology might come on line. The price of oil could go up, making it economical to invest more and go for hard-to-reach deposits. Regardless, the end of Azerbaijani oil is near. And...
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LONDON (A.W.)–On Sun., Dec. 8, Armenians in West London gathered at the Akhtamar dance studio for a Christmas Fair that showcased the talents of the troupe and raised funds for its future programs.
Photo by Raffi Youredjian
Photo by Raffi Youredjian
Photo by Raffi Youredjian
Photo by Raffi Youredjian
Photo by Raffi Youredjian
Photo by Raffi Youredjian
Photo by Raffi Youredjian
Akhtamar is the only Armenian dance group in London and was recently re-launched in April by one of its former dancers, Maral Baghdjian. Open to all age groups, it is now comprised of 30 dancers who practice for 2 hours every Sunday.
With more than 100 people in attendance, the dancers took centre stage and performed various dances before asking the audience to join in. Leading the group were passionate teachers Arsen and Garine Zakarian, formerly dancers with Yerevan’s leading dance troupe Pari Petakan.
The dance workshop, cake sale, and raffle made for an...
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By Haig Der Manuelian
As of Christmas Eve, Santa Claus bestowed upon the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) its new name, “Armenian Museum of America, Inc.,” in recognition of its meteoric rise as a major museum. The important words “Armenian” and “America” remain in the title because our museum is for all and belongs to all. With this change, this institution will be known for its uniquely distinct role as the largest Armenian museum outside of Armenia. We will continue to enhance the holdings of our adjunct research library named for the late Mesrop Boyajian.
The Armenian Museum of America
In 1971, the Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc. was formed with nothing but a dream. We were amazed at the spectacular 3,000-year Armenian culture, forged on an anvil of tragedy which, against all odds, our ancestors developed, nurtured, and protected despite countless invasions, ravages, and destruction by barbaric forces from all sides,...
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WATERTOWN, Mass.—On Mon., Jan. 6, Judith A. Saryan, a vice president of Eaton Vance Management and the portfolio manager on Eaton Vance’s large-cap core/equity income team, will speak about “Wealth Management” at the dinner meeting of the St. James Armenian Church Men’s Club. 
Judith A. Saryan
Before joining Eaton Vance in March 1999, Saryan was a portfolio manager and equity analyst for State Street Global Advisors. During her 18 years there, her principal research specialties were the telecommunications, consumer nondurables, and utilities industries. Prior to her tenure at State Street Global Advisors, she was affiliated with Colonial Management for more than three years, and was the utilities analyst and assistant portfolio manager of Colonial Tax-Managed Trust, a tax-managed utilities fund.
Saryan earned her degree in economics from Wellesley College and spent a year overseas studying developmental economics and comparative economic systems. She is a CFA...
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Special to the Armenian Weekly
Crossing over the Kievyan Bridge in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, you take a right turn onto Halabyan Street where once the expansive Tumanyan Park spread out on the right side of the road—and now is a manicured, professionally landscaped park sporting modern, colorful playgrounds, sports fields and courts and benches that cater to the surrounding populace. And beyond the park, set on a hill, sits a massive structure. Engraved across the front of the building in both Armenian and English letters it reads: Tumo Center for Creative Technologies.
TUMO News team working on their assignments during the workshop.
I was arriving here to give a three-week long workshop on PR, Marketing and Social Media and news writing—with a vision to create the foundation for Tumo News, a multi-media, student-designed, written, edited, published and promoted publication. I hoped to train a group of ambassadors who via social media, the Internet, writing and...
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