Breaking the Wall of Silence: A Turkish voice joins the call for Armenian Genocide recognition. A Dutch journalist documents the effort fueled by the scholarship of an Armenian historian
Wednesday, 31 March 1999
By Salpi Haroutinian Ghazarian Dorothée Forma is a soft-spoken journalist of the European tradition. In the Netherlands, where media channels are clearly labeled as belonging to specific religious, ethnic or political groups, she works with a small broadcasting organization which supports humanist principles: Taking responsibility, having the right to make your own choices without being
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Man of the Year: The Lone Crusader; Peter Balakian; A Poet’s Political Coming of Age
Thursday, 31 December 1998
By Mark Arax It was the spring of 1997 and Peter Balakian, the author of four collections of poetry, was about to launch his first big book. He felt the unease that any author feels knowing that his baby, now in the hands of marketers and reviewers, was no longer his own. That the book,
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A Story of Our Times
Tuesday, 31 December 1991
By Armineh Johannes Omar Sharif was breathless from running after a departing train at Paris’ Austerlitz station. “Are you tired,” I asked. “No,” replied Sharif. “Hagop is tired!” The star of such block busters as Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago was shooting a scene from his latest film,Mayrig, the story of an Armenian family
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