Denial of the Armenian Genocide Is Brutalizing the World

Stefan Ihrig

 

I have this imaginary Armenian kid sister. Well, actually, she is your kid sister, too -- in the same way we all have this imaginary 8-year-old in Syria who has been afraid for her life for the past few years. We are all humans after all.

My imaginary Armenian kid sister is 4 and a 1/2; talks too much; is easily distracted; for reasons beyond me, does not like raisin cookies; and, for reasons even further beyond me, died in early 1916. Nobody put a pistol to her head and executed her. Her parents were killed, and she simply had no food, no care and no proper shelter. She just wasted away. I cannot get over her death and her suffering, even though I want to, and I need to. I need to remember her and honor her memory, her life and her death. And I also have that Syrian kid to worry about -- or to purposely ignore. 

Turkey’s Century of Denial About an Armenian Genocide

Tim Arango

CUNGUS (*), Turkey — The crumbling stone monastery, built into the hillside, stands as a forlorn monument to an awful past. So, too, does the decaying church on the other side of this mountain village. Farther out, a crevice is sliced into the earth, so deep that peering into it, one sees only blackness. Haunting for its history, it was there that a century ago, an untold number of Armenians were tossed to their deaths.

“They threw them in that hole, all the men,” said Vahit Sahin, 78, sitting at a cafe in the center of the village, reciting the stories that have passed through generations.

Kim, Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian Making First-Ever Visit to Armenia in April 2015

Ken Baker

Natalie Finn

 

The Kardashian sisters have taken over half the globe to date. Next stop: Armenia.

Khloé Kardashian, Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian are planning to travel to their paternal ancestral homeland in April, E! News has exclusively learned.

The specifics are still being worked out for their family milestone journey, but Kim is set to take daughter North West with her, while Kourtney will be traveling with kids Mason, Penelope and Reign as well. Several cousins are also expected to be along for the continent-crossing ride.

Kim's hubby, Kanye West, will make the trip if his upcoming touring schedule allows.

"Visiting Armenia has been on Kim's bucket list forever," a family insider tells us. "They are all so excited! They want to learn about their heritage."

Genocide and Kim Kardashian: The Bloody History Behind System of a Down's Tour

Kory Grow

 

System of a Down will be embarking on a tour to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.

Between their spasmodic rhythms and jagged melodies, System of a Down have always been committed to a sobering cause: raising recognition for the Armenian genocide of 1915. The group’s self-titled debut LP contained a song called “P.L.U.C.K.,” in which frontman Serj Tankian sang “A whole race, genocide/Taken away all of our pride,” and over the years the band has held several one-off “Souls” concerts to help raise awareness of the tragedy.

#SaveKessab, #Save Aleppo, and Kim Kardashian: Syria’s Rashomon Effect

Elyse Semerdjian



A historic Christian Armenian town situated just a mile from the Turkish border in northwest Syria, Kessab is now among the war’s many casualties. On the morning of 21 March, the town was seized by opposition fighters from three Islamic militant groups: Jabhat al-Nusra, Sham al-Islam, and Ansar al-Sham. For Armenians around the world, the event conjured memories of past traumas as one of two remaining Armenian areas that survived the Armenian Genocide of 1915 was depopulated. The last remaining Armenian village in Turkey, Vakıflı, located across the border, is now a safe haven for some of Kessab’s former residents. Three weeks after the capture of Kessab, the event continues to take on a life of its own as various factions in the conflict seek to instrumentalize the tragedy to construct their own versions of reality, a phenomenon that could be called Syria’s Rashomon effect.

"We're as mad as hell, and we're not going to take this anymore"

Maureen Dowd 

The title phrase, which is ours, was the signature catchphrase of Howard Beale, the fictional evening news anchorman of "Network," Sidney Lumet's satirical film of 1976 with Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, and Robert Duvall. Written by Paddy Chayefsky, who won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay, it was about a fictional television network that struggled with ratings. Dunaway and Holden also won Academy Awards for best actress and actor, as well as Beatrice Straight (best support actress for a 5 min. 40 seconds performance). In 2007 it was voted 64th among the hundred best American films of all times by the American Film Institute. The first question that Maureen Dowd would pose to the late screenwriter of the film would be about . . . Kim Kardashian.

Could the Kardashians Enter Baku Even If They Really Wanted to?

Peter Savodnik

 



Last weekend [February 10], the [New York Times] magazine published my article with the print headline, “If They Build It, Will the Kardashians Come?” The story, about Baku’s ambition to become a new hub for the global 1 percent, focuses on Khazar Islands, a $100 billion megadevelopment being built on the Caspian, and the headline flicks at the development’s target audience — celebrities and, mainly, people who want to be celebrities — while touching on the unavoidable globalizing and liberalizing effect this sort of project will have.

"Cosmopolitan" in Armenia: How to Sell Sex and Beauty and Not to Die in the Attempt

Vartan Matiossian

 

If Armenian bankers have their own connection to the world through "Forbes Armenia," why young women would not have one of their own? In March, the popular magazine “Cosmopolitan” launched "Cosmopolitan Armenia," which according to a recent report of RFE/RL appears to have become the best-selling glossy publication in Armenia less than seven months after its launch. The international magazine is currently printed in 36 languages and distributed in more than 100 countries.