Record Label Young Turks Changes Name Due to Armenian Genocide Tie
An influential British record label known as Young Turks announced Tuesday that it changed in its name to Young, given the association its previous name had with the perpetrators of…
International Armenian Literary Alliance launches 2021 Young Armenian Poets Awards
The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) has launched the inaugural Young Armenian Poets Awards, a contest for high school-aged writers from around the world. The inaugural Young Armenian Poets Awards…
Young Turks Ձայնագրման Պիտակը Հրաժարած է Իր Անունէն Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան Հեղինակներու Հետ Չնոյնանալու Համար
Բրիտանական Young Turks ձայնագրման պիտակը որոշում կայացուցած է փոխել անունը եւ հեռացնել «Turks» բաղադրիչը՝ կապուած Հայոց ցեղասպանութեան եզրոյթի հետ ունեցած առնչութեան հետ: Young Turks թարգմանաբար կը նշանակէ «Երիտասարդ թուրքեր»: Ըստ…
San Fernando Valley Students Win Prizes in C-SPAN Documentary Competition
Sofia Gevorgian and Anahit Malumyan, students at AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park, are first-prize winners in C-SPAN’s national 2021 StudentCam competition. Middle and high school students were invited to…
Founder of Armenian DASARAN educational platform named 2021 Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum has honored global recognition to the CEO and Founder of DASARAN Educational Platform, Mr. Suren Aloyan’s for his unique professional and societal contributions. The Forum has honored…
Responding to Violence through Art
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach YEREVAN — Every message I have received from Armenia over the holidays has expressed the notion that 2020 was a terrible year for everyone, and doubly so…
“‘The Water Has Found Its Crack’: Finding Armenian Through Music” by Dr. Joseph Bohigian
FRESNO — Composer Dr. Joseph Bohigian will speak on “‘The Water Has Found Its Crack’: Finding Armenian Through Music” at 7:00PM (Pacific time) on Friday, February 19, 2021. The presentation…
Scholarship Program of the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reopens
After a month-long hiatus, the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has reopened its scholarship program for the 2021-2022 academic year. It includes some changes, as well as…
AYF Western U.S. Launches Its Long- Awaited Podcast Haytoug Talks
LOS ANGELES—A new, go-to podcast for the Armenian community has arrived, ripe with vigor, driven by the dream to contextualize the stories of our ancestors to the next generation and…
System Of A Down’s “Chop Suey” is the first metal music video to hit 1 billion plays on YouTube
Following the release of the band’s 2020 singles “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz,” System Of A Down’s most popularized song and video has managed to reach the ten-figure mark…