IANYAN Magazine

Calling all linguists! A user in the community weblog Metafilter has run into a possibly Armenian-related conundrum.
“I just bought a postcard written in what looks like Armenian sent from what is now Lviv to what is now Chernivtsi (in what is now Ukraine), sometime between 1905 and (I’m guessing from the stamp) the end of [...]

Boston.com’s the Big Picture is one of the most awe-inspiring and breathtaking  photo series on the web. So when the site recently publishing an amazing look at Russia in color, a century ago, by 19th century photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, we were tempted to do our own reoccurring photo show.
Below you will find various [...]

He’s an ex-prisoner of war, hasn’t seen a doctor in 40 years and recently crossed over to his 90s, but raw vegan Vaghe Danielyan is as strong as ever.
The nonagenarian who switched to a raw vegan diet after his wife Nina handed him the book “Raw Foodism,” by fellow Armenian Arshavir Ter-Avanesyan in 1963 lectures [...]

For Armenians, eating isn’t just about satisfying hunger pains.
It is so much more.
Where it’s at weddings, funerals or even just a Friday night dinner, to Armenians, food is an essence of their being, of their culture and a big majority of what life is all about: to share a mouth watering smörgåsbord of dishes that [...]

Los Angeles-based artist Ana Bagayan’s detailed and delectable illustrations evoke more emotion than meets the eye. From her haunting portraits of soul searching girls to her surreal depictions of animals, Bagayan,  who was born in Armenia and  moved to America in 1990 has a talent can be seen even before her paintings are finished - [...]

With Armenians making up almost 30 percent of Glendale’s population according to the 2000 U.S. Census, many of them recent immigrants, Times Community Editor Dan Evans wanted to offer something more to the community. So when Google Translate added Armenian to its impressive language lineup, he jumped at the chance to give it a try [...]

Holidays, except for the trifecta of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, aren’t major occasions in my family. There are no 4th of July bbq-drenched celebrations, no Valentine’s Day exchanging of gifts and no Memorial Day outings to monuments or events to honor the war dead, even Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are low key get-togethers, if [...]

If you walk too briskly in the streets of Soho in London’s West End, you are more than likely to miss the hidden treasure known as Yalla Yalla, a packed Lebanese restaurant where you can relax in a calming atmosphere framed by Arabic-painted walls, while indulging in the comforting delicacies of Middle Eastern street food.
Run [...]

Levon Avagian, a teacher at the Nubarashen #11 School for Special Needs Children was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting that he sexually and physically abused students in Armenia on May 25, yet activists close to the case are unhappy with the trials outcome
“The sentencing is very mild for the crimes he committed,” [...]

Ani Gevorgyan,  a young journalist in Armenia was arrested on May 31 while covering an act of resistance initiated by young activists of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), according to a statement put out today by her employer, The Armenian Times or Haykakan Zhamanak by email and posted subsequently online.
Gevorgyan was covering the protest in [...]