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Armenian Retail Therapy

Armenian Retail Therapy

Inspired by our friends at The Caucasus, who put together a diverse list of gift ideas (which featured the Armenian Unibrow Championships t-shirt by our partners at Ara the Rat), we started poking around the interwebs to  find Armenian-inspired merchandise in popular brick and mortar and online retailers. Take a look at what we found. [...]

Queer Armenian Women’s Movement Publishes Collective

Queer Armenian Women’s Movement Publishes Collective

I have often struggled to find a forum where I can discuss issues that affect not only me, but the people around me as well. In Los Angeles, a space where Armenian feminists can discuss such issues and produce together is nonexistent. After reading “Queered: What’s to Be Done With Xcentric Art” (Տարօրինակված է. Ինչ [...]

140 Drams: Independent Armenian Cinema

140 Drams: Independent Armenian Cinema

Armenia has many faces. There is the beautiful city of Yerevan, filled with shops, cafes, and bars whose streets seem like they multiply with people by the day. Then you step outside that small bubble  and see a completely different world. You see a country stricken by poverty and a people struggling to put bread [...]

A Brotherhood Concert in Istanbul

A Brotherhood Concert in Istanbul

Istanbul is a magical city. You feel it in almost everything but mostly in Bosporus at sunset, night and to be honest, all the time. The magic that wraps you with strange energy is not just because of the magnificent landscapes. Istanbul is enchanting because the city is rooted in many different ethnic and religious [...]

Azerbaijan Wins 2011 Eurovision Song Contest

Azerbaijan Wins 2011 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision is finally coming to the South Caucasus. After an exhausting three hour final, where 25 countries competed to win the hearts of the voting public from England to Ukraine and every country in between, Azerbaijan took home the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest title, followed by Italy and Sweden who came in second and third, [...]

Armenia Out of Eurovision Finals

Armenia Out of Eurovision Finals

For the first time in its participation history, Armenia has not made it through to the Eurovision finals that will take place on Saturday, May 14. Armenia’s chosen song, “Boom Boom” performed by pop singer Emmy was fraught with controversy and disappointment throughout its tenure, with fans at one point demanding a re-do of the [...]

Boom Boom Chaka Chaka: Armenia Goes to Eurovision

Boom Boom Chaka Chaka: Armenia Goes to Eurovision

Fans might have deemed Armenia’s entry into Eurovision with Emmy’s song “Boom Boom,” as explosively bad, but the show has had to go on, at least until tonight, where Armenia will participate in the song competition’s first 2011 semi-final alongside Turkey, Russia, Greece, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Only 10 out of 19 entries in this round [...]

Kim Kardashian’s Cosmo Turkey Cover Causes Upset

Kim Kardashian’s Cosmo Turkey Cover Causes Upset

On the heels of the premiere of Armenia’s first issue of popular women’s magazine Cosmopolitan featuring celebutante Kim Kardashian who is of part Armenian descent, the Turkish edition just released their April edition with the same cover – a move that reportedly left her and Armenian groups fuming, according to celebrity gossip outlet TMZ yesterday, [...]

My Uncle Rafael Bringing Armenians to Hollywood

My Uncle Rafael Bringing Armenians to Hollywood

With their second biggest diaspora community living in tinsel town, it’s no surprise that Armenians have occasionally popped up in films (Sideways, Must Love Dogs) and made memorable appearances in television as well – the headline-grabbing Armenian Mob was previously featured in The Shield and Weeds, while Principle Skinner, aka Armin Tamzarian of the Simpsons [...]

Armenians Up in Arms With Eurovision Song Selection

Armenians Up in Arms With Eurovision Song Selection

After an evenly divided vote by an expert jury and televoting by citizens, Armenia chose “Boom Boom” as the song to send with Emmy to the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Germany, much to the dismay of fans everywhere, who have  since expressed their disappointment and frustration with the choice through several social networks and [...]