Category: 2017

Entertainment: ‘Look what my baby made for me’: Khloe Kardashian unveils Armenian necklace Tristan Thompson gave her…

Garnik Zakarian
Daily Mail, UK
Aug 16 2017

By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com

She traveled to Armenia with her family two years ago to learn more about her heritage. 

And Khloe Kardashian received a very meaningful gift from her boyfriend Tristan Thompson on Tuesday. 

The 33-year-old reality star proudly showed off the ornate gold and silver Armenian crest necklace, which she said her ‘baby’ made for her. 

‘Look at my Armenian crest that my baby made for me,’ Khloe said in the video. ‘I love it. Let’s go, Armenia.’

The reality star was clearly transfixed by the beautiful and significant new piece of jewelry, modeled after the Coat Of Arms, as she flashed it for her followers.

A friend admired the super glamorous necklace in the background of another video. 

‘Look at how dope this is,’ said the reality star’s friend. ‘Khloe is so Armenian.’

Khloe is half Armenian on the side of her late father, Robert Kardashian. 

In 2015, Khloe, her sister Kim, and their cousins journeyed to Armenia to learn more about their roots, and even met with the country’s Prime Minister. 

The family paid their respects at the eternal flame of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex.

Meanwhile, Khloe has been working hard on behalf of her clothing line Good American.

The reality star released a new promotional video on Wednesday, as she continued to introduce her new line of Good American sweatpants.

The video featured Justin Bieber’s ex Chantel Jeffries. 

In the clip, Khloe seductively tugged at her white sweatpants to show off her plunging black bodysuit. 

‘How sick does my #GOODSQUAD look in their brand new @goodamerican GOOD SWEATS!? So many bada** beauties in my squad!!’ she captioned the video. 

Calendar of Events – 08/17/2017

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What:           Ararat Phoenix Rising-Reawakening of the Armenian Identity  
                Lecture Series by Mher Koubelian
When:           Aug 25 2017 7:30pm
Where:          Armenian Society of Los Angeles 
                117 S. Louise St., Glendale, CA 91205
Misc:           Throughout millennia, Armenia has been born and reborn, struck
                down only to rise again from ashes. This historic survival
                could be explained by divine providence and a unique national
                identity. This presentation seeks to awaken hearts and empower
                them to take their rightful place, by exploring first
                Armenian's God given calling through many key elements from
                mythology, history, linguistics, genetics, culture, etc.
Online Contact: [email protected]
Tel:            800-435-0097
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What:           Ararat Phoenix Rising-Reawakening of the Armenian Identity  
                Lecture Series by Mher Koubelian
When:           Aug 27 2017 6:30pm
Where:          South Bay Armenian Community Center
                2222 Lomita Blvd., Lomita, CA 90717
Misc:           Throughout millennia, Armenia has been born and reborn, struck
                down only to rise again from ashes. This historic survival
                could be explained by divine providence and a unique national
                identity. This presentation seeks to awaken hearts and empower
                them to take their rightful place, by exploring first
                Armenian's God given calling through many key elements from
                mythology, history, linguistics, genetics, culture, etc.
Online Contact: [email protected]
Tel:            800-435-0097
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What:           Ararat Phoenix Rising-Reawakening of the Armenian Identity  
                Lecture Series by Mher Koubelian
When:           Aug 31 2017 7:30
Where:          Tekeyan Cultural Center
                1901 Allen Ave., Altadena, CA 91001
Misc:           Throughout millennia, Armenia has been born and reborn, struck
                down only to rise again from ashes. This historic survival
                could be explained by divine providence and a unique national
                identity. This presentation seeks to awaken hearts and empower
                them to take their rightful place, by exploring first
                Armenian's God given calling through many key elements from
                mythology, history, linguistics, genetics, culture, etc.
Online Contact: [email protected]
Tel:            800-435-0097
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What:           Ararat Phoenix Rising-Reawakening of the Armenian Identity  
                Lecture Series by Mher Koubelian
When:           Sep 1 2017 7:30pm
Where:          Organization of Istanbul Armenian
                19726 Sherman Way, Winnetka, CA 91306
Misc:           Throughout millennia, Armenia has been born and reborn, struck
                down only to rise again from ashes. This historic survival
                could be explained by divine providence and a unique national
                identity. This presentation seeks to awaken hearts and empower
                them to take their rightful place, by exploring first
                Armenian's God given calling through many key elements from
                mythology, history, linguistics, genetics, culture, etc.
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Illinois Rep. Krishnamoorthi Joins Armenian Caucus

Maral Takmazian

ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:

Contact: Danielle Saroyan

Telephone: (202) 393-3434

Web: www.aaainc.org

 

ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN RAJA
KRISHNAMOORTHI JOINS GROWING ARMENIAN CAUCUS

 

WASHINGTON,
D.C. – The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) announced that Freshman
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joined the Congressional Caucus on
Armenian Issues, supporting United States-Armenia relations. Congressman
Krishnamoorthi of Illinois’ 8th District currently serves on the House
Committee on Education and the Workforce and the House Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform.

           

As part of the Terjenian-Thomas Assembly Internship
Program, Hugh Rabjohns, who attends Texas Christian University and grew up in
Wilmette, Illinois, interned in Congressman Krishnamoorthi’s office this summer
in Washington, D.C.

 

“It is an honor to have Congressman
Krishnamoorthi join the Armenian Caucus. His broad view of the world and
respect for history uniquely equips him to play a leading role,”
Illinois-based Assembly Board Member Oscar Tatosian said. “His
entrepreneurial spirit is the kind of friend Armenia needs,” he added.

 

Rep. Krishnamoorthi attended the Armenian Genocide
Commemoration this past April on Capitol Hill and signed a bipartisan letter to
President Donald Trump urging him to reaffirm the Armenian Genocide. The
Congressman also issued the following statement commemorating the Genocide:
“Today, on the 102nd anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian
Genocide, we recognize the murder of 1.5 million Armenian men women, and
children in the years that followed under the direction of the Ottoman Empire.
Despite the truth of this history and the magnitude of these crimes, our
government remains one of only three in the world not to recognize the genocide
committed against the Armenian people. To deny the Armenian Genocide is to deny
the humanity of its victims and the demands of our own.”

 

In June, Rep. Krishnamoorthi wrote an op-ed in The
Hill titled “Did Turkey’s payments to Michael Flynn delay our military
operations against ISIS?” where he explained: “Press and public
attention have been focused largely on the Trump administration’s relationship
with Russia, and there is much to be learned. Questions regarding Turkey,
however, reveal most clearly how personal considerations may have overridden
our national interests.”

 

Earlier this year, the Assembly highlighted Turkey’s
attempts to gain surreptitious influence over U.S. officials and media to the
detriment of U.S. national security, and urged the Senate and House
Intelligence Committees to investigate the matter.

 

The Assembly’s letter to the Senate Intelligence
Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC), Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), House
Intelligence Chairman David Nunes (R-CA), and Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA)
read in part: “We are writing to urge your thorough investigation of
President Erdogan’s Turkey in an expanded review of foreign governments and
their activities that compromise America’s democratic institutions to allow
massive human rights violations and work against the United States in ways that
are totally out of legal or diplomatic bounds.”

 

Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of
America is the largest Washington-based nationwide organization promoting
public understanding and awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a
non-partisan, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt membership organization.

 

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Photo Caption 1: Rep.
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) with Armenian Assembly intern Hugh Rabjohns

 

Photo Caption 2: House
Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Armenian Assembly Utah State
Chair Narine Sarkissian, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) at the 102nd
Armenian Genocide Commemoration on Capitol Hill

 

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Entertainment: Armenian Guerrilla Fighter Nubar Ozanyan Killed in Rojava while Fighting ISIS

Antonian Lara
The Armenian Weekly
Aug 16 2017

By Weekly Staff on  

ROJAVA (A.W.)—Nubar Ozanyan (code name “Orhan,” in honor of the famous Turkish-Armenian Marxist-Leninist Armenak (Orhan) Bakirciyan) was killed while fighting ISIS/DAESH forces Rojava on Aug. 14, according to several sources. Ozanyan was a member of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML) and the Liberation Army of the Workers and Peasants of Turkey (TIKKO).

Nubar Ozanyan (Photo: IRPGF/Twitter)

Following his death, the Istanbul-based Nor Zartonk movement released a statement in Turkish praising Ozanyan’s fight against ISIS.

“We have learned with great sadness that Armenian revolutionary commander unger (comrade) Nubar Ozanyan died when fighting against ISIS/DAESH with TKP/ML and TIKKO in Rojava, on Aug. 14, 2017. With revolutionary modesty, commitment, resolve, courage, and internationalist spirit, unger Nubar has been one of the important bearers of the Armenian revolutionary tradition. We are deeply saddened to have lost a genuine revolutionary who has succeeded in becoming an agent of the revolution. May the light illuminate your path. Your struggle will live on through our struggle. Long live the revolution and long live socialism. Long live international solidarity,” read the Nor Zartonk statement, as translated by the Armenian Weekly.

According to some reports, Ozanyan had taken part in the Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh) Liberation War in the 1990s. “From Lebanon and Palestine to Nagorno-Karabagh and Rojava, we are so honored to have known Orhan, who showed us what it means to be a guerrilla,” the International Revolutionary People’s Guerrilla Forces (IRPGF) tweeted on Aug. 15.

The IRPGF is a militant, armed, self-organized, and horizontal collective of anarchist fighters from around the world.

Chess: Levon Aronian comes in second after Saint Louis Rapid day 2

Chakhmakhchian Vatche
PanArmenian, Armenia

Aug 16 2017
– 13:44 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Levon Aronian dropped to the second place after day two at the Saint Louis Rapid tournament, alongside Hikaru Nakamura, Le Quang Liem and Fabiano Caruana.

The Armenian grandmaster faced Garry Kasparov in the first round of the day, and the fourth of the tournament, with the game ending in a draw. In the second round, Armenian lost to Le, and defeated Caruana in the next one.

Ian Nepomniachtchi is in clear first place.

Religion: Catholic Armenians celebrate landmark mass in Turkey’s Izmir

Hagop Kamalian
PanArmenian, Armenia

Aug 16 2017
– 14:38 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Turkey‘s Catholic Armenian community held a religious service on Monday, August 14 in the western city of Izmir’s St. John Cathedral Basilica, Daily Sabah reports.

The Mass bears importance for the community as it is the first time they were able to pray in the historic church in 95 years.

The 19th-century basilica, heavily damaged in the Great Izmir Fire in 1922, was handed over to the use of NATO troops based in the city in the 1960s and was left unused for decades before its restoration in 2013.

Rev. Vartan Kazanciyan from an Istanbul Armenian church presided over the religious service attended by some 150 people.

The basilica was among the properties returned to ethnic and religious minorities after decades of discriminatory state policies toward those minorities.

Religion: Armenian Church at Hye Pointe Hosting Annual Church Picnic Aug. 20

Nahapetian Zhanna
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Aug 16 2017
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The Armenian Church at Hye Pointe invites parishioners and members of the public to its annual church picnic on Sunday, Aug. 20, at its new location, 1280 Boston Road (Rte. 125) in Bradford.

Held from noon to 5 p.m., the event includes music by the seven piece Jason Naroian Ensemble, along with raffles for cash prizes and gift certificates.

The free picnic follows an 11 a.m. church service at the Family Life & Cultural Center.

An Armenian menu will be served, including Shish (Lamb) Kebab, Losh (Beef) Kebab, Chicken Kebab, Kheyma, pilaf, salad and pita bread. Hot dogs will be available for children.

The hall is air conditioned and guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs to sit outside.

For more information visit HyePointeArmenianChurch.org or call .

Chess: Levon Aronian draws with Garry Kasparov in St. Louis

Ophelia Vardapetian
MediaMax, Armenia

Aug 16 2017

Pairings of rapid chess continued yesterday, 4-6 rounds have already finished.  
 
First Levon Aronian shared points with Garry Kasparov, who was invited to the tournament. Then the Armenian player lost to Le Quang Liem and defeated Fabiano Caruana.
 
Aronian won 7 points after the 6th round and is currently in the third place. Ian Nepomniachtchi is the leader with 8 points.

Book: ‘Forced into Genocide’

Liana Toganian
The Armenian Weekly

Aug 16 2017

By Contributor on  

“I remember it as if it was yesterday—after spending the night on the banks of the Halys River, the grisly caravan that included my family was woken and driven up the Kartashlar Yokush Hill. They were scaling the Armenian Golgotha. I stood there and watched my mother and entire extended family climb over that hill never to be seen again. In total, I lost 51 members of my family that day.”

The cover of Forced into Genocide

Like many Armenians of his generation, Yervant Alexanian was an eyewitness to the massacre and dislocation of his family and fellow countrymen in Ottoman Turkey during World War I. Alexanian was conscripted into the Turkish army—but unlike others so conscripted, he survived.

Forced into Genocide recalls Yervant Alexanian’s death-defying experiences in the center of the Armenian Genocide. Translated from Alexanian’s hand-written Armenian-language chronicle, the memoir includes never-before-seen documents and photos preserved by the author. Through his eyes, we relive the astonishing cruelty of the Genocide’s perpetrators, and we witness rare, unexpected acts of humanity between victim and oppressor.

The book is edited by Adrienne G. Alexanian, with an introduction by Sergio La Porta and a foreword by Israel W. Charny.

“Moving, uplifting, and richly detailed… a gift to the Armenian community and, indeed, humanity,” said Dr. Vartan Gregorian, president of The Carnegie Corporation, about the book.

Adrienne G. Alexanian is a 2010 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal, an educator, and the daughter of Yervant Alexanian. Sergio La Porta is Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno. Israel W. Charny is executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem and past editor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Genocide.

Alexanian will be presenting Forced into Genocide at the St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Douglaston, N.Y., on Oct. 15, following church services.

Film: The Art of Narrating a Trauma – Film Review of ‘The Promise’

Nahapetian Samvel
The Armenian Weekly

Aug 16 2017

By Iheb Guermazi on  

Special for the Armenian Weekly

Reconstructing the history of a crime, reorganizing the narrative of a tragedy, resetting the scene of a murder, or simply pointing toward a criminal hidden behind the thick layers of the past. Those are some of the roles of a filmic category that one might call the “cinema of remembrance.”

The film “The Promise” fits into this category. It beautifully portrays an epic journey of an Armenian medical student (Mikael) who falls in love in Istanbul with Ana, an Armenian-born woman who in turn was engaged to an American journalist reporting from the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The plot merges the struggle of a threatened community with an intricate love story in the highly tense political context of World War I.

A still from ‘The Promise’ (Photo: Open Road Films)

The complex net of stories and genres provoked two distinct results: It gave the film a heavy and necessary emotional charge; but it also blurred the content, fragmented the message, and drowned the real motto of this genre of cinema. The motto being simply the following: “We were killed, and the world has to know this.” Instead, Terry George presents the movie as a history of struggle, of resistance, of a power negotiation between two unequal forces. Terry George transformed the story of a genocide into a history of a war. He implicitly turned the coldblooded murder into a regular conflict between an organized army and a rebellious militia. And by trying to attach a certain heroism to the resisting Armenian community, the movie missed the primary definition of a genocide—that it is not war, but an organized act of systematic murder of an entire community.

A war entails two opponents; a genocide is about a murderer and a victim. A war is a common responsibility; a genocide is one-sided, autistic, blind.

Armenians resisted the Ottoman army’s barbarity, and their heroism is undeniable, but historical accuracy and the narration of a trauma are two different matters. The goal of a cinema of remembrance is not to relate “all what happened” but “all we should remember,”—and, in this case, what to remember is the victimhood of the Armenians and not their resistance, the genocide and not the war. In other words, and to finish, a movie depicting a genocide should have revolved around a “this is what they did” and not a “this is all what happened.”

A movie resuscitating a crime should have more victims than heroes, and “The Promise” was a beautiful epic journey of too many heroes.