Category: Opinion
April 24: The Elephant Not in the Room
To the Editor: Another April 24 commemoration at Times Square and once again, noticeably absent was Eastern Diocese Primate Archbishop Khajag Barsamian. To what end is his absence meant to serve? One would think in light of the peril Watertown Armenians experienced related to the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent martial law and manhunt [...]
A Presidential Election in Armenia with Predictable Results
By Edmond Y. Azadian No matter what topic we choose today and no matter how festive a mood we pretend we are in, we cannot avoid expressing our sentiments about the brutal massacre of innocent children in Connecticut because the tragedy strikes a sensitive chord in all of us. It reminds us all of the [...]
A Bleak Outcome for Syria
Edmond Y. Azadian Syria has been one of the most stable countries in the Middle East and home for the most affluent Armenian community attached to its roots and heritage. The deportations and the Genocide of 1915 ended in Northern Syria; millions perished in Der Zor and survivors settled in Aleppo. For many decades Aleppo [...]
Minorities in Egypt
By Edmond Y. Azadian I am back in Cairo, Egypt, in this most turbulent of times. This is a city which I called home for almost a decade when I was invited to serve as the editor of the daily Arev, established in 1915 by its founding editor, Vahan Tekeyan, who is generally celebrated among [...]
Uruguay Becomes Player in Caucasus Equation
By Edmond Y. Azadian Armenians who have visited the country of Uruguay have an understanding of the status of the Armenian community in that country. Most of the settlers in that hospitable South American country were Genocide survivors with a bitter baggage of traumatic experiences and memories. Yet through their diligence, hard work and the [...]
Unity, Disunity, Power and Destiny
By Edmond A. Azadian Armenians have talked and worried about unity throughout their history because they have suffered much as a consequence of disunity. It is ironic that the more they talk about the need for unity, the less unified and more fragmented they become. However, we are united in pain and suffering but divided [...]
Karabagh Issue on World Agenda
By Edmond Y. Azadian While the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan continue meeting and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) representatives continue visiting the region, the Karabagh conflict is still far from being resolved. It is fairly obvious that the parties involved in the negotiations have a vested interest in keeping the [...]
From ‘Whispers’ to Loud Demands of Justice
By Edmond Y. Azadian The Armenian communities around the world preserve collectively the language, history, traditions, religion and memory. They are the ones to react in massive waves to injustices, to the denials of the Genocide and they can mobilize forces for political action. One would surmise that major actions in dramatizing the Genocide issue [...]
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