Naming the Armenian Genocide for what it is
ADOLF HITLER KEPT a bust of Ataturk in his office. Heinrich Himmler considered moving to Turkey in the early 1920s. And Rudolf Hoess,...
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26 Apr
Armenia, Untold Stories
Tag Archives: Armenian Genocide
16 Dec
Armenia, Untold Stories
My Proud Pilgrimage to My Homeland — and Our Line in the Sand
The forward trenches in the hills just beyond the abandoned village of Talish, in Nagorno-Karabakh, are reminiscent of World War I: long, endless,...
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21 Oct
Armenia, Untold Stories
Putting a Face on the Refugee Crisis
For most of America, the heartbreaking faces of Syrian refugees this year have belonged to children. We have seen them drowned and we...
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24 Apr
Armenia
The forgotten hero who killed the Armenian Genocide’s mastermind
Last Friday morning, Rep. Jim Costa placed a wreath in Fresno, California’s Masis Ararat Cemetery at the grave of an Armenian who died peacefully...
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26 Apr
Armenia
Why I will not forget the dead
Today I am in Manhattan. This morning I am at St. Vartan, the magnificent Armenian Cathedral on Second Avenue, for the Divine Liturgy....
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22 Apr
Armenia, Untold Stories
The Souls and Stories That Vanished in the Armenian Genocide of 1915
The photo can only be called exotic. It was taken at the end of the 19th century in an Ottoman city southeast of...
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19 Apr
Armenia, Untold Stories
The Norwegian who helped the Armenians come to America
Earlier this year, I journeyed from Vermont to Oslo to introduce myself to Marit Greve, an 86-year-old Norwegian who still swims in the...
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07 Dec
Armenia
White House Visitor Center missed an opportunity and swept Genocide under the rug
You know your moral compass is a little off when you censor a story about a gift to a U.S. president from a...
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Near a Turkish school, 10,000 dead Armenians are still ignored
The three-story Yenikoy elementary school rises from a plateau like a mesa in south-central Turkey. It is the only building for miles, its...
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A Friendship that Transcends Language
Zulkuf knows perhaps a dozen words in English, which is roughly 11 more words than I can speak in Kurdish. Sipas means thank...
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