Armenian Mass Graves Revisited: A Photo-Essay

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Recent Articles from The Armenian Weekly... Armenian Mass Graves Revisited: A Photo-Essay New Highway to Connect Armenia to Martakert Will Host Detroit Retaliate at AYF Olympics? Armenologist Peter Cowe Honored at UCLA Banquet Ferllini and Croft: The Case of an Armenian Mass Grave Search Armenian Weekly

Armenian Mass Graves Revisited: A Photo-Essay Special for the Armenian Weekly April 2014 magazine It began in Yerevan, while I was photographing the National Geographic story on Armenia that was published in 2005. “Sandra, there are a lotta bones still out there in the desert in Syria. You have to see it, jan!” When Hirair Hovnanian told me this in 2004, I could not stop thinking about it. I knew about the Armenian Genocide, of course, but as a third generation Armenian American (on my father’s side), my grandparents didn’t want us to think about these terrible things. At Margedeh Syria 2005: Armenian Mass Grave site. Buses of Armenians arrive to pray at the site on Genocide Day and dig for bones. (Photo by Alexandra Avakian) They wanted us to be truly American, free of the sorrows of the old country, like many Americans who have fled starvation, war, genocide, dictatorship, and economic insecurity from all over the world. I decided to go to Syria on the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and find those bones. I... Read More »          • Email to a friend • Article Search •

New Highway to Connect Armenia to Martakert The reconstruction of the 116-kilometer Vardenis-Martakert Highway, which includes the renovation and incorporation of the Vardenis-Drmbon route, is currently under way. By the end of 2014, when the earthwork is expected to be finished, the highway will begin to accommodate passenger-car traffic between northwestern Armenia and Artsakh’s Martakert region, resulting in significantly reduced travel times. The reconstruction of the 116-kilometer Vardenis-Martakert Highway is currently under way. The earthwork is being performed simultaneously in 12 sections of the highway and comprises rock-blasting, surface-leveling and -widening, and transposing of existing engineering structures. In addition, crews are installing gutters and building embankments and crash barriers. When completed, the Vardenis-Martakert Highway will function as an additional lifeline between Armenia and Artsakh (Karabagh). It will also help boost socio-economic development in the close-to dozen communities located... Read More »          • Email to a friend • Article Search •

Will Host Detroit Retaliate at AYF Olympics? That seems to be the big question as AYF pundits gear up for another Olympic showdown in the Motor City this Labor Day. Ready, set, go for another AYF Olympics in Detroit this Labor Day weekend. The natives are getting restless. Diehards like Sonny Gavoor, Harry Derderian, and Nick Stepanian are at wits end, last we heard. They’re waiting for something good to happen with their K-T kids. Losing is not an option, even though they tell you it’s not all about that. “Fair play, camaraderie, sportsmanship, and spirit, that’s the ultimate prize,” they’ll tell you. But when you’ve been on top of the AYF ladder for so many years, it’s right where you belong. No doubt, Alex Sarafian, Armen Derderian, and the Gavoors (Sonny and Nancy) have been hitting the recruitment trail looking for talent to beef up the ranks. Sonny’s age could be the biggest ploy in AYF history. Any Detroiter with an inkling of Olympic blood does not have to search very far to find the Holy Grail. Go... Read More »          • Email to a friend • Article Search •

Armenologist Peter Cowe Honored at UCLA Banquet LOS ANGELES—On the evening of June 1, a banquet honoring the 30th anniversary of Prof. S. Peter Cowe’s scholarly career and the 45th anniversary of the Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies at UCLA was held in Los Angeles. The jubilant event, which took place at the London, West Hollywood, was organized jointly by the 30th Anniversary Committee and the Friends of UCLA Armenian Language and Culture Studies, in support of the expansion of the Armenian Studies Program and particularly Western-Armenian instruction at UCLA. Prof. Cowe flanked by a group of present and former Armenology students. (L-R) Narine Jallatyan, Ceyda Tinmaz, Shushan Karapetian, Rosie Aroush, Talar Chahinian, Lilit Keshishian, Myrna Douzjian, and Sona Tajiryan. (Photo by Yerevan Studio) The more than 200 guests included community leaders, scholars, and Armenology students. Also present were a number of academics from Armenia, Europe, and the Americas who were participating in a UCLA conference organized by Dr.... Read More »          • Email to a friend • Article Search •

Ferllini and Croft: The Case of an Armenian Mass Grave By Roxana Ferllini and Alexandra M. Croft The Armenian Weekly April 2014 magazine The following article is aimed at both the Armenian community and the general reader, with the intention of highlighting work conducted whilst exhuming a mass grave at Tell Fakhariyah, Ras al-Ain, in Syria during the summer of 2007. Although two of the authors (Roxana Ferllini and Alexandra M. Croft) had previously published the work and results of the exhumations in a peer reviewed journal, the information, for the most part, has not made its way to a general readership outside of academia. Yet, this topic retains information of great importance, and needs to be made available to the wider public, which is why its publication is being made available through the Armenian Weekly. The content of this article will summarize the events and results of the 2007 archaeological season, including the discovery of coins, textiles, and buttons associated with the human remains. The memorial ceremony and storage of... Read More »          • Email to a friend • Article Search •

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