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Mixed Marriages/Epilogue

By Artin Boghossian PhD, Toronto, 3 July 2009

Dr. Artin Boghossian is a retired mathematician. He is the owner and moderator of 24 April Forum (Canada) where much of the "independent" deliberations take place in the community about various subjects that concern Armenians at large. Over the past few weeks a near exhaustive discussion was devoted to the subject of mixed marriages and the following is an excellent summary.

24april is not an organization; hence it cannot make decisions or take actions as such.  It is a virtual "coffee shop” like medium, where individuals come and go and leave their impressions and opinions.  However, it is known that many people inside and outside the group closely monitor the discussions and take notes.  While we were on the topic of Mixed Marriages, people have been privately pondering methods to further encourage and involve mixed couples in Armenian community life.....Read more >>

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Is it Necessary to Live in Armenia to Remain Armenian?

By Viken L. Attarian MSc MBA, Mount Royal, Quebec, 2 July 2009

The following is one of the commentaries that was circulated to members of 24 April Forum (Canada) as part of a general discussion related to identity issues. This excerpt is posted with the permission of the author.

While I agree with many of the points made, especially about the dire straits of our compatriots in Armenia, yet I would like to respectfully disagree that one can live as an Armenian only on Armenian soil. Here is why....Read more >>

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"Holy Eyes", A Song Dedicated to the Victims of the Genocide

  Music: Martin Aharonian
Lyrics: Tadevos Donoyan

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Pari (Ch)desank, Yovanovitch

By Lucine Kasbarian, New Jersey, USA, 29 June 2009

Like many Armenian Americans, I am unhappy that our organizations hosted the recent public tour by the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, Marie Yovanovitch.

Nevertheless, trying to make the most of the situation, I attended her presentation at the Armenian Cultural Foundation in Massachusetts.....Read more >>

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Genocide Denial: Armenians Say That's Enough!!

By Jean Eckian, Nouvelle d'Arménie , 8 June 2009
Stop the Denial....Read more >>

Since new techniques have allowed for gobal communications, racial hatred and genocide denial have spread like wildfire, growing exponentially. That hits in the first place the Jewish community, and as of 2005 Turkish and Azerbaïdjani ultranationalists keep spreading an insulting and unbearable denial towards Armenians. They rage blithely on the web. No authority is putting them to silence, although over seventy countries, legislative assemblies, and international authorities have acknowledged the genocide of the Armenians in 1915 in their homeland, in addition to the 1894 and 1909 massacres. 
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Armenian Contribution to Ottoman Empire & Turkey


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Turkey: The 51st State. The time has come

By Avedis Kevorkian, Philadelphia, PA  USA, 26 June 2009....Read more >>

Many years ago, when I first noted that Ankara was dictating policy to Washington, and Washington was reciprocating by pushing Turkey to be in the European Union (EU) and be given a larger role in European affairs, I suggested that Turkey should become America's 51st State.
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Weathering the Storm: The Lessons from the Unrest in Iran

By Richard Giragosian, Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS), ArmeniaNow , 19 June 2009

US intervention in the internal affairs of many a country in the Middle East and elsewhere is common knowledge. The spectre of Coloured Revolutions is in the minds of many analysts. It is beyond the means of Keghart.com to conduct an independent study or investigations to analyze the recent events in Iran. Hence an item from GlobalResearch.ca is presented to the readers at the end of Giragossian's article.

The post-election protests had many similarities with preceding "coloured revolutions". Even if they were home-grown and at grass-root level, one cannot avoid thinking that they had the potential of "destabilizing" Iran, a distinct goal of Western and Israeli plans. This represents another example of how local and global interests are interwoven.

The neighbouring Arab countries in the region are following the events in Iran with particular interest. Will the Iranian experience resonate? See Olivia Ward's article which concludes this section. Keghart.com....Read more >>

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Israel’s New Ambassador to the U.S. Calls Armenian Killings "Genocide"

By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier, 25 June 2009....Read more >>

The Reader is encouraged to read a recent interview with the Israeli President Shimon Perez where he declares, " Azerbaijan is a special country I know I can Trust". It is posted following Harut  Sassounian's  two recent articles. Azerbaijan is actively involved in denying the Genocide of the Armenians and it is left to the reader to draw conclusions. Does Sassounian sound prematurely optimistic by stating that Israel's new Ambassador in Washington "who is a firm believer in the facts of the Armenian Genocide may facilitate the passage of the pending congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide"? Keghart.com
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"This Conduct Was a Crime Against Humanity:" An Evaluation of the Initiative to Apologize to the Armenians

By Ahmet Insel, Birikim, 238, February 2009

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Ahmet Insel, a professor of economics at l'Université de Galatasaray and Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University, is one of the initiators of the apology campaign (along with Baskin Oran, Cengiz Aktar and Ali Bayramoglu). This article was published in the Turkish leftist monthly Birikim February 2009 and was translated by Aysegül Ünaldi in May 2009. It is available in Turkish at the journal's website.

“My conscience does not accept the insensitivity showed to, and the denial of, the Great Catastrophe that Ottoman Armenians were subjected to in 1915. I reject this injustice and for my share, empathize with the feelings and pain of my Armenian brothers and sisters. I apologize to them.”....Read more >>

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