Armenian diaspora

Places of worship in New York City are as diverse as the community they are in. Visiting both Park Avenue Synagogue and St. Vartan’s Cathedral, I witnessed a unity of people in which I have never personally experienced before, as I do not come from a religious background. By attending services during prime times of worship for both places, I was able to see the role of the religion in the community along with how the community influences the religion. These experiences have shown to me rather how

Diana Der-Hovanessian is a contemporary American poet of Armenian descent. Her literary contribution includes 25 books of poems and Armenian poetry translations into English. Der-Hovanessian’s upbringing in Worcester, Massachusetts shaped her early life as her family prospered and helped other Armenian immigrants find work and attend school. Her interest in translating Armenian poetry began when her father asked her to translate works of Armenian poet Daniel Varoujan. Since the 1980s Der-Hovanessian

through much hardship. Both have gone through the struggles of learning English and have been culturally labeled due to their language. To start, both Mexicans and Armenians have had their historical land taken away from them. Historical Armenia use to be much greater then it is today. The ottoman empire gathered up most the Armenians from their historic land, promising them that they are going to relocate them, but ended up slaughtering over 1.5 million of them and stealing most their land. The

In Peter Holquest's The Politics and Practice of the Russian Occupation Armenia, he examines the changes and goals of the Russian policies towards the Armenian community. Holquest begins to explain that Russian policy towards Armenia during World War 1 was to dupe the Armenians. The policy was to allow the Russians to use the Armenians against the Ottoman Turks; this was also a means to annex Turkish Armenia. The policy remains unchanged from 1912 to early 1916; the Russian government avoid any measures

Risk and Benefit The research study will inquire the perspectives and experiences that the participants (first generation Armenian-American students of different socioeconomic statuses) have had throughout the college process. Personal questions regarding these experiences, such as the presence, or lack thereof, financial hardships, may result in changes in emotions. Thus, this research does pose a minimal risk. These risks are primarily psychological, as during the discussion of past and current

Imagine losing your whole family in one week, now imagine half of a population being wiped out. Armenian genocide killed half the population between the years 1915 and 1917. People were taken from their homes, imprisoned, and killed. The book Forgotten Fire, written by Adam Bagdasarian, is about a 13-year-old Armenian boy who survives the genocide. Vahan embarked on a long tough journey to get to safety in Constantinople where he would be free from the Turkish government. Vahan the main character

independent race that has put up with your racism and unequal treatments for years, and we are still able to thrive. And yet, maybe this is the reason you are so envious towards these innocent people. What reasons have you to do such heinous deeds? The Armenians have been part of this region for over 2,000 years and you easily rip our home, our only way of living, right from under us. I am Zabel and now at the age of sixteen I have already witnessed over a million deaths, including my own family’s.

The Armenian massacres of the 1890 's are an important marker in the history of humanitarian aid by the United States. Before this point, American humanitarian aid had been up to small committee efforts thrown together for an individual international crisis. During the 1890 's humanitarian reformers became more organized and elected officials began to look at the role the United States federal government could play in international humanitarian aid. (Wilson 27) At this time Protestant missionaries

The Armenian Genocide left the Armenians in ruin. Apart for the human and material loss, the sociocultural loss was most significant. The Armenians were robbed of their centuries old, rich culture within in a space of a year. Their society was forced into diaspora in order to survive. This movement encouraged integration into other countries and resulted in partial loss of the suffering Armenian culture. Those Armenians who survived the genocide of 1915 were forced to exile their Homeland in the

it got lost somewhere among the warring bushes. With the whispered song of the wind lulling me into a state of calm, I was back in second grade, playing at the park with some friends from school when I witnessed a group of Armenian boys bullying a half-Turkish, half-Armenian child, calling him all sorts of names, including “Murderer” and “dirty Turk.” Although my parents never condoned racism of any kind, I grew up in a