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Reports from Jerusalem

2007 - A watershed year for the Armenians of Jerusalem? (2007-01-12)
New Priests Bolster St. James Brotherhood Ranks (2007-07-30)
Kaghakatzi (2008-01-20)
Armenians of Jerusalem Planning Reunion (2008-03-25)
Armenian Patriarchate Concern Over Status Quo Violation (2008-04-22)
Archives (2008-05-05)
Did Jesus Play Cricket? (2008-08-09)
Patriarchate (2008-09-15)
Holy Sepulchre - Status quo conflict (2008-11-10)
Australian State’s Next Premier an Armenian? (2009-01-01)
Global Economic Downturn Hurting Artists Too (2009-01-07)
Jerusalem Patriarchate Appoints New Vicar (2009-01-18)
To See Vanadzor Come Alive (2009-02-23)
Jerusalem Odyssey: Part 1, The Return (2009-08-03)
Jerusalem Odyssey: Part 2 (2009-08-10)
Jerusalem Odyssey: Part 3 (2009-08-24)
Jerusalem Odyssey: Part 4 (2009-08-31)
Armenian Patriarchate Protests Deportation Of Seminarians (2009-09-09)
Israeli Authorities Rescind Deportation Move (2009-09-10)
Jerusalem Odyssey: Part 5 (2009-09-11)
Easter In Jerusalem: The Pain And The Triumph (2010-04-19)
St. John Eye Hospital: A Beacon Of Hope In Troubled Waters (2010-04-22)
Discovery of Ancient Document Reaffirms Long Armenian Connection to Jerusalem (2010-12-17)
Retelling The Saga Of Armenian Jerusalem (2011-03-01)
Holy Land Churches Protest Against New Israeli Tax Move (2011-04-13)
Queen Keran Gets Back Her Royal Train (2011-11-27)
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Has New Grand Sacristan (2013-01-25)
Jerusalem Brotherhood of St. James elects 97th Patriarch, Abp. Nourhan Manougian (2013-01-25)

Probing the Photographic Record

Mary C. Masterson, Daughter of Harput Consul William W Masterson, 92 (2007-06-11)
Two Grand Armenian Ladies of New Mexico Pass Away (2007-07-20)
Massacres Averted in Mamouret ul Aziz [Kharpert] in April 1909 (2009-12-16)
Saga of a Forged Photograph from the Armenian Genocide Era (2010-02-22)
Dirt Poor, Desperate, Burdened with Heart-Wrenching Decisions Concerning Her Three Children: the appalling woes of an Armenian woman from Geghi (Erzerum Vilayet) after the Hamidian Massacres: A publicity photograph of 1899 (2010-09-07)
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Filling in the Picture: Postscript to a Description of the Well-Known 1915 Photograph of Armenian Men of Kharpert Being Led Away under Armed Guard (2011-06-13)
Finding a Photograph for a Caption: Dr. Ruth A. Parmelee’s Comments on some Euphrates (Yeprad) College Professors and their Fate during the Armenian Genocide (2011-06-27)
Christmas Celebration for Armenian Orphans in Mezerh (Kharpert) Jan. 8th, 1920 (2014-01-06)
An Orphan of the Armenian Genocide: A Valentine’s Day Armenian Poster Child (2014-02-14)
Who Today with Armenian Roots or Connections Knows Anything about `Papier d’Arménie?’ (2014-03-18)
Conceptualizing the Attempt to Annihilate the Armenians of Turkey: two 1915 cartoons by William Charles Morris (2014-04-23)
The Monument Shown on the Cover of Teodig’s 1919 Book Entitled Hushartsan Abril Dasnamegi (Memorial April 11) (2014-08-18)
An Armenian Orphan of the Genocide Gives Fuller Meaning to the Essence of a Painting (2014-08-25)
[Photograph of ](/orig/ak-20140828.html) (2014-08-28)
Sultan Abdul Hamid II: What did he really look like? Caricatures versus photographs. (2014-09-21)
Some Details of the Death of Dr. Armenag Harutune Haigazian, Intellectual and Educator in Mezreh, Kharpert in 1921 (2014-09-25)
99 Years Ago Today: Who Knew What, When and How about The Massacres (2014-10-04)
Recent additions to Conscience Films videos on Youtube (2014-12-27)
NINETY-SIX YEARS AGO TODAY, The S.S. Leviathan leaves Hoboken, NJ (2015-02-16)
[Aux Peuples Assassin©s](/orig/ak-20150425.html) (2015-04-25)
The American Missionaries in the Ottoman Empire: Who was where, and when? (2015-07-04)
A Family Photograph from Korpeh, Kharpert, Old Armenia Bears Forceful Witness to the Genocide (2015-07-10)
Maps for `Friends of Kharpert’ (2015-07-13)
[Correction to a Photograph of ](/orig/ak-20150922.html) (2015-09-22)
Ninety-three Years ago Today: the fires of Smyrna are still smoldering and not totally out. Reports by credible witnesses are today forgotten. Forceful Witnesses to the Genocide are muted, and the Republic of Turkey issues a boastful stamp in 1972 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the entry of the glorious Turkish Army into Izmir. (2015-09-22)
Mary Christine Melikian of Worcester, Massachusetts died at the age of 89 on 22 September 2015. (2015-10-11)
[Bringing a Photograph into Clearer Focus: Update to Library of Congress’ Bain News Service Collection Photo ](/orig/ak-20151012.html) (2015-10-12)
Armenian Master Photographer Kazar Sarkis Melikian Collection and Melikian Photo Studio Work Donated to the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. (2015-10-15)
Dutch Cartoonist' Louis Raemaekers' Poster of 1916 entitled The Lord Mayor London’s Appeal for Help for the Armenian People’ (2015-10-26)
A case of an incorrectly attested photograph in a 1906 issue of the French journal Le Tour du Monde shows a young Ruth A. Parmelee, her brother Julius and father, Dr. Moses P. Parmelee in Trebizond 1895 at the Time of the Hamidian Massacres. (2015-11-05)
Satirical Cartoon Published 120 years today, December 21, 1895, on the cover of the weekly magazine Judge (New York): Take home lesson - Money and Profits always trump principles or obligations! (2015-12-12)
[Fund-raising pleas on behalf of ](/orig/ak-20151227.html) (2015-12-27)
[A February 1924 cover photograph of The New Near East magazine asks ](/orig/ak-20160214.html) (2016-02-14)
Winter in Kharpert area: how much detail do we have on the use of a `kourss’ to keep the family warm in winter? (2016-03-07)
A 1935/1936 Season Sunday School Photograph Taken by Kazaros Sarkis Melikian at the Armenian Church of Our Saviour, Worcester, Massachusetts: putting a face on a group photograph of first-generation American Armenian youngsters through a heroic effort to identify them. (2016-03-20)
Armenian Immigrants Rebuilding their Lives in America. (2016-04-23)
Picture This: American Cartoonists Portray the Destruction of the Armenian Nation by the Turks. A remarkable cartoon essay on this colossal crime published in December 1915 that tells of the scale of the horrors in no uncertain terms. (2016-04-23)
We Survived: We Are Alive, Well and Undaunted by Turkish Terror. BUT We Will Never Forget. Armenian Immigrants Rebuilding their Lives in America. (2016-04-25)
Church calendar and tortures of Saint Gregory (2017-01-01)
[Armenian Christmas, Theophany, Epiphany, ](/orig/ak-20170106.html) (2017-01-06)
United States Consul Leslie A. Davis’s Photographs of Armenians Slaughtered at Lake Goeljuk, Summer of 1915 (2017-04-07)
United States Consul Leslie A. Davis’s Communication to Ambassador Henry Morgenthau at the American Embassy in Constantinople Concerning Arrests and Subsequent Murders of Harput Men (2017-04-17)
United States Consul Leslie Ammerton Davis Assumes Duties at Harput, Turkey on 31 May 1914 A Rare Photograph of Him and his Predecessor Consul William Wesley Masterson Together in the Garden of the American Consulate in Mezereh (2017-04-21)
Scene from the Armenian Genocide: A French Artist’s Chilling Portrayal of Events at the Euphrates River (2017-04-24)
[Casting of actors portraying Talaat and Morgenthau is quite good in the film ](/orig/ak-20170512.html) (2017-05-12)
Documentation and Attribution of Photographs as they Relate to the Atrocities and The Genocide (2017-09-14)
A Rare Poster of an Armenian Boy Used in Fund Raising for the Near East Relief (2017-09-15)
Photos Of Destitution and Misery: Starving Armenian Kids in Erivan (2017-09-27)
[American Missionary Physician Dr. Ruth A. Parmelee Describes the 1915 ](/orig/ak-20170929.html) (2017-09-29)
Harpoot and Mezereh: A glimpse into the way it was in 1956 when Ruth Azniv Parmelee, M.D. visited. (2017-10-03)
French Political Satirist Orens Denizard Decries Sultan Abdul Hamid II in his 1903-1904 Cartoons Depicting Ruthless Massacres by the Turks (2017-10-04)
The Attempted Murder of a Nation. An Illustrator for the Press, a Satirist-artist, and a Cartoonist attempt to portray events. (2018-04-24)
The Power of a Photograph and its Recycling Over Time (2021-04-23)
Adapting an Existing Work of Art For Use as a Fundraising Poster Simply by Adding Text (2021-04-24)
Poster Soliciting Funds to Support Armenians Using Armenian Survivors of The Genocide as Illustrative Models (2021-04-25)
EVOLUTION OF A GRUESOME PHOTO OF DECAPITATION: From Instilling Terror to Typifying Turkish Savagery (2021-06-03)
Beheading as Portrayed in Cartoons From The Ottoman Turkish Period (2021-06-17)
Wishful Thinking by the British on the Gallipoli Invasion: A 1915 Cartoon that Reflects Putting the Cart Before the Horse (2021-09-05)
Case of Turks Distorting a 1915 Caption to a Real Photograph With The Express Purpose of Twisting The Facts (2021-09-26)
Memoir of Genocide - 1915 to 1920 | The Story of an Armenian Boy - By Nahabed Chakrian (1904 - 1993) (2022-01-05)
The Genocide Against The Armenians By The Turks (2022-01-22)
A Series of Photo Albums Prepared by Maria Jacobsen, Missionary Nurse and Relief Worker (2022-06-28)
[Raphael Lemkin and the Coining of the word ](/orig/ak-20220705-Lemkin.html) (2022-07-05)
About Propaganda and the False Accusation that Armenians Are Masters of The Craft of Spin (2022-07-12)
Images that are So Wrong on All Accounts, and Should Have Been Discarded, Insist on Persisting (2022-07-19)
The Genocide Against the Armenians by the Turks - Part 2 (2022-08-27)
[Close-Up of an Original ](/orig/ak-20230112.html) (2023-01-12)
THE EMPTY BOWL: A little-known prize-winning poster from 1920 designed by Kirill Zdanevich, future father of the Avant-Garde Russian Cubo-Futurism school of Painting (2021-07-01)
WILL AMERICA EVER UNDERSTAND TURKEY? Time To Take a Cartoon Out of Storage to Remind Us of Some Crucial Facts (2021-07-02)
An Early Accounting of The Wretchedness of Turkish Villages (2021-07-09)
[An Introduction and Some Background to Our Video ](/orig/et-20210906.html) (2021-09-06)

House Museums of Armenia

Discovering A `Gem’ in The Homeland - Aksel Bakunts (2004-07-12)
Reverie During A Rain Soaked Summers Afternoon - Derenik Demirjian (2004-07-15)
A Generous Legacy To Be Found In The Heart of Yerevan - Avetik Isahakian (2004-07-20)
Memories of Dsegh - Hovhannes Toumanian (2004-07-28)
A Native Son of Vanadzor - Stepan Zoryan (2004-12-06)
Beloved Poet Sleeps In His Peaceful Village - Baruyr Sevag (2004-12-07)
Writer and Patriot - Khachatur Abovyan (2004-12-08)
Meeting Antonina Mahari, Widow of Gourgen Mahari (2004-12-09)
Bestowed An Indelible Mark Upon The Armenian Homeland - Perj Proshyan (2005-05-23)
Educator And Poet to Generations - Hovhannes Hovhannesyan (2005-05-26)
Remembrance and Appreciation: Armenian School Alumni Of The 19th Century (2005-08-03)
Orbeli Brothers - Illustrious Family, Extradordinary Achievements, Pride of a Nation (2006-03-20)
Beacon Of Light In Jrvesh (2006-03-27)
A Sunday Morning in Brussels (2006-11-16)
The Fragrance of the Roses Lingers On … Hovhannes Shiraz (2006-12-05)
Keeping A Promise to the National Folk Art Museum (2006-12-06)
Esteemed Poet - Born and Nurtured in Gyumri: Avetik Isahakyan (2006-12-19)
Yervand Kochar - Incomparable Talent Evoked the National Spirit of Armenia (2007-02-19)
Personal Reflections Of A Fraternal Visit (To the Vatican) (2008-06-23)
Alexander Spendiaryan - An `Immortal’ Legacy (2008-06-25)
His Vision of Yerevan - A Lasting Legacy - Alexander Tamanyan (2008-11-13)
Early Nurture Produces Future Leaders for Armenia (2011-01-10)
Jewels of Vanadzor - MoFA & Paros, a Good Friend (2011-01-31)
Greetings from the Homeland (2012-08-22)
Ascent to Wealth and Philanthropy of Alexander Mantashev (2012-10-08)
Roupen Sevag - Illuminated Legacy in Etchmiadzin (2015-01-11)
Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935) - His Eternal Legacy Resounds From The Homeland (2015-11-04)

Analyzing the Armenian Media Landscape

[The ](/orig/hm-20210612.html) (2021-06-12)
Armenian YouTube Channel Stats - May 2021 (2021-06-13)
[The ](/orig/hm-20210617.html) (2021-06-17)

Yezidi Interviews

The Yezidi movement in Armenia (1998-07-02)
Interview with Aziz Tamoyan (1998-06-11)
Interview with Garnik Asatrian (1998-06-30)
Interview with Dr. Karlene Chachani (1998-07-01)
Interview with Mahir Welat (1998-07-02)
Interview with Amarik Sardarian (1998-07-04)
Interview with Paruir Hairikian (1998-08-27)
REVIEW: Fire and Passion in the Russian Theatre (1998-11-30)
Interview with someone Sabri Kash (1998-12-01)
Interview with Gegham Manukyan (1998-12-02)
Interview with Heydar Ali (2004-09-13)
Interview with Amarik Sardar (2004-09-14)
Interview with Hranush Kharatian (2004-09-15)
Interview with Aziz Tamoyan (2004-09-16)
Interview with Rostom Atashov, President of the Union of Yezidis in Georgia (2006-09-25)
An Interview with Hasan Tamoyan, Deputy President National Union of Yezidis (2006-10-09)
Additional mini-interviews with ROA Government and Yezidi/Kurdish Representatives (2006-10-11)
Interviews with Academics researching the cultural traditions of Yezidis in Armenia (2006-10-24)

Voices from the Past

A Snapshot of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (2010-01-13)
From Berlin to Baghdad (2010-01-18)
Zeitun Deportations (2010-01-25)
Henry Morgenthau’s Reel 22 (2010-02-01)
The Nobility of Henry Morgenthau (2010-02-08)
Chapter 1: Morgenthau Arrives in Constantinople (2010-02-15)
Chapter 2: Morgenthau’s First Day in Constantinople (2010-02-22)
Chapter 3: The Intrigue Of Constantinople Politics (2010-03-01)
Chapter 4: Morgenthau and Talaat (2010-03-08)
Chapter 5: Morgenthau’s Wife Arrives (2010-03-15)
Chapter 6: Ambassador Morgenthau’s Formal Dinner (2010-03-22)
Chapter 7: Ambassador Morgenthau’s Reception For The American Colony (2010-04-12)
Chapter 8: Morgenthau Returns to Constantinople (2010-04-19)
Chapter 9: Morgenthau and Jemal Pasha (2010-04-26)
Chapter 10: Morgenthau and War Winds (2010-05-09)

Armenia’s Border Regions

A Trip to Shurnukh in Syunik Region - Our Southern Gate (2021-04-08)

Probing the Photographic Record

Analyzing the Armenian Media Landscape

Armenia's Border Regions

House Museums of Armenia

Reports from Jerusalem

Voices from the Past

Kay Mouradian wrote her first novel, A Gift in the Sunlight: An Armenian Story after her mother’s remarkable survival of the Armenian genocide prompted her to examine her own ancestral past. After wor

Yezidi Interviews