“Freedom is, after all, man’s dignity.” -Kamal Jumblatt I just finished reading I Speak for Lebanon – one of the greatest books of all time – written by the teacher, philosopher, leader and politician, Kamal Jumblatt. A renowned political figure and the founder
“Armedia” IAA presents an interview with Yeghia Tashjian, the founder of New Eastern Politics blog/forum. Currently he is the regional officer of Women in War and research assistant at Armenian Diaspora Research Center at Haigazian University. From 16-19th of September he participated in an international
An Interview with Yeghia Tashjian Special for the Armenian Weekly by Roupen Jambazian, November 2, 2016 BEIRUT, Lebanon (A.W.)—Michel Naim Aoun was elected President of Lebanon on Oct. 31 at the 46th electoral session of the Lebanese Parliament. Lebanon had been without a head of
Since Donald Trump has been elected, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin has expressed on several occasions his admiration towards the new US President. One might ask why a brilliant ancient agent of the ruthless Soviet intelligence agency, KGB such as Putin would be
It began four years ago. After another April 24th, I decided to find an Armenian friend online to understand how the other side perceives the Armenian Genocide. It was just after I watched the Armenian Genocide commemoration in Yerevan. I talked about the “Armenian
On June 7, 2015, Turkish constituents will be visiting the ballot box to elect a new leader. The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has won seven consecutive elections (three general, three local and one Presidential) in the past 13 years, is once
Armenian ethnologist Hranoush Kharatyan represents an interesting study on sense of identity of Alevi communities in Dersim during Ottoman and Republic Era in his articles about the search for identity in Dersim called “Identities of Dersim” and “The Alevized Armenians in Dersim“. But
India and Israel: Closer than ever before Experiencing an unprecedented reproach from several European States and apparently an all time cold relations with the United States of America, a seemingly dejected Israel is looking to garner support from the east. There is no
The Gulf and Iran: New realities, new strategies The Gulf and Iran: New realities, new strategies Arab Gulf countries should have a common regional strategy to deal with Iran’s rising power. Recent tensions between the GCC countries have loosened the cohesiveness of the
Much ado about Kurds? When Gamal Abdel Nasser and later the Baath Party gave the Arabs a slight of hope of becoming a great Nation, the unachieved dream of becoming this important entity gave all the Arab populations more resentment towards their non-Arabs