To hear private practice attorney Lisa Kouzoujian of Stamford, Connecticut talk about growing up in a tight-knit multigenerational Armenian family that was immersed in a vibrant ethnic community, it becomes all too clear why she has spent...
Sarah Leah Whitson is not one to mince words. The attorney and former head of the Middle East and North Africa Division of international watchdog agency Human Rights Watch, was explaining the focus of Democracy for the Arab World Now...
A recipient of an AGBU Performing Arts Scholarship to study violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), Belmont-native Haig Hovsepian is in a unique position to use the universal language of music to tell the story of his Armenian...
It’s just past daybreak on a Wednesday morning in New York City but Clément Chantre has been wide awake, emailing members of the French Parliament about a budding new project to renovate a kindergarten classroom in the town...
As a young girl, Maral Kazanjian always knew she wanted to empower women in some shape or form, inspired by power-house leaders like Coco Chanel and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Fast-forward to 2023, the lawyer, mother, Sunday Schoolteacher, and...
Kourken Hamalian has two great passions in life: soccer and satellites. A signed Liverpool FC shirt—a 50th birthday gift—takes pride of place on the wall in his home office, where a couple of exciting satellite models are also on display.
Having...
To peer into a future marked by ever more smart devices and robotically engineered and manufactured machines, one would do well to explore the fascinating career of Nazareth Ekmekjian. Though commonly referred to as an architectural designer, he...
Having successfully organized the 10th edition of New York’s Socially Relevant Film Festival (SRFF) from March 16-31, founding artistic director and AGBU Scholarship recipient Nora Armani has had a fruitful start to 2023.
The buoyant...
CAMP NUBAR ALUMNA and AGBU Scholarship recipient V. Armineh Babikian vividly recalls the moment she purchased a one-way ticket to Armenia after passing her board exam, marking her first moments as a licensed occupational therapist. “I ended up...
The DALAI Lama once said, “Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.” Milan-born Gayane Khodaveerdi, an Armenian educated in Italy, the U.S. and Spain, and...
By now most Armenians have the famous William Saroyan quote from his 1936 essay “The Armenian and the Armenian” practically memorized. “Go ahead, destroy this race…See if they will not live again” is both a promise to the world and a call to action...
The bumpy transition from childhood to young adulthood is a notoriously tumultuous chapter in the life of the teenager. Along with the expected nuisances of rapidly changing bodies, academic pressure, shifting friendships, and newfound independence,...