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Hrair Hawk Khatcherian, who recently took a journey through Western Armenia, will be speaking at the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America on Thursday, September 9 at 7 pm in an event hosted by the Zohrab Center and the Armenian Network of America Greater New York region. Below is an interview Taleen Babayan recently conducted with Hawk Khatcherian.
Taleen Babayan: What inspired you to become a photographer?
Hawk Khatcherian: While at school at the age of 13 my friend&#;s brother used to run a photo center and when I asked how a picture was developed into an image, the answer was &#;you cannot do it, it is too difficult.&#; This was a challenge for me to try photography, so I bought a tiny mm camera and started snapping at school and at the beach, and have been hooked ever since.
TB: What is the story behind your name &#;Hawk&#;?
HK: Again it was during my school years. Back in there were no e-mails, g-mails, Facebook or Skype. We were pen palling from one
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Greater D.C. Community Commemorates Armenian Genocide through Protests and the Arts
Honoring the Past, Demanding Justice for the Future
WASHINGTON—Armenian Americans from throughout the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. area joined human rights advocates and public policy leaders in marking the nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide through a diverse array of political and cultural events honoring the memory of the million martyrs and the tenacious resilience of the survivors, all the while demanding justice for a crime still denied by an unrepentant Turkish Government, aided and abetted through U.S. complicity.
Armenian Americans march to the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, led by the Greater Washington D.C. Homenetmen Scouts and Drum Corps. (Photo: Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee of Greater Washington)
Each of the month-long series of activities—from the annual Congressional Observance of the Armenian Genocide to the White House vigil and Turkish Embassy
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The New Terminology of &#;Western Azerbaijan&#;
By Dr. Rouben Galichian, 24 January
Since the middle of the twentieth century, the authorities and pseudo-academics of the barely decades–old country, the Republic of Azerbaijan, began the process of establishing their republic as an ancient country, laying claim on the lands of all their neighbouring countries. This process began from the day the Republic of Azerbaijan was established in , appropriating the name of the neighbouring homonymous Iranian province.
Two decades after their establishment, the Azerbaijani authorities pushed forward with their fabricated and invented facts, with publication of articles, books and other propaganda means, aimed at establishing an ongoing monologue about their “ancient” history. This activity was expanded hugely beneath the leadership of the current president Ilham Aliyev.
Their focus was on the assumption that, if long enough one keeps repeating false news, especially in the absence of oppo