Lebanon

BEIRUT — On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 the Haigazian University (HU) Arthur Matossian Gallery exhibited the handwoven kilims of 35 students from different Lebanese Armenian schools. The exhibit was attended[...]

WATERTOWN— A new exhibit of photographs at the Armenian Museum of America tries to weave together  the different strands of Armenian communities around the world. The exhibit, “Ara Oshagan: Disrupted, Borders,”[...]

NEW YORK — The continuously growing socio-economic crisis in Lebanon is negatively affecting various Lebanese organizations and ventures, one of them being the Tekeyan Cultural Association’s beloved Vahan Tekeyan Middle School[...]

GLENDALE, Calif. — On Saturday, April 15, 2023, Dr. Vartkes Najarian passed away peacefully at his home in Glendale, CA, surrounded by his wife, children, their spouses, grandchildren and great-grandchild.[...]

LOS ANGELES — On Wednesday, April 12, the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA introduced a newly endowed lecture series named in honor of the Kerr family. With the backing of[...]

WATERTOWN — Houry Boyamian, principal of St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES) for the past 35 years, is looking forward to a well-deserved retirement. For Boyamian, the position has not[...]

VALPARISO, In. — Devarj Design Agency announced recently that Shanoor Varjabedian Devarj, owner, creative director, speaker, and an artist from Valparaiso and Munster, Indiana, as well as Chicago, was one[...]

“Saffeh is basically a parsley salad – since there’s no lettuce in it. What sets saffeh apart from tabbouli is the chickpeas and bulgur. Coarse bulgur is used for saffeh,[...]

YEREVAN — Hrair Diarbekirian is one of the prominent representatives of contemporary Lebanese fine art. Born in Beirut, in 1946, he attended the Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts. A staple[...]

The world of Armenian literature is all the richer for the compilation of renowned poet Vahe-Vahian’s private letters, published posthumously in 2012, under the title The Heart of the Poet.[...]