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		<title>Q &amp; A: Sevan Nisanyan, Turkish-Armenian Blogger Sentenced for Blasphemy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liana Aghajanian]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A criminal court in Istanbul has sentenced Turkish-Armenian journalist and commentator Sevan Nisanyan to 13 and a half months in prison for a post Nisanyan wrote last September in response to the release of &#8220;The Innocence of Muslims,&#8221; what was dubbed to be an anti-Islamic film &#8211;  and its aftermath, when violent protests broke out [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great (Armenian) Lent: Dining Out and Deconstructing the Garden of Eden</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Fullam]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part in a series on the Lenten Journey, a 40 day fasting period before Easter observed by several Christian denominations, including the Armenian Apostolic Church. See the first part here.  Another week of the Great Lent has passed, leaving it’s trials and tribulations for me in its wake. One of the big [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great (Armenian) Lent: An Attempt to Abstain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Fullam]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As cameras followed revelers at Brazil’s Carnival or New Orleans’ Mardi Gras, Lent in the Armenian Apostolic Church made a quiet entrance this past Monday. The next month and a half wouldn’t be too different from the last but this year I plan on observing the Great Lent. It’s accurate to say that I’m a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Suzanne Khardalian on Grandma&#8217;s Tattoos and the Forgotten Lives of Armenian Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liana Aghajanian]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian&#8217;s documentary, &#8220;Grandma&#8217;s Tattoos,&#8221; was screened across the U.S. and broadcast on Al Jazeera&#8217;s English channel, the response has been overwhelming. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been getting hundreds and hundreds of emails and letters,&#8221; says Khardalian, who directed and produced the film that chronicles the forgotten story of the fate of women &#8211; including [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s the Spirit: Armenian and Greek Orthodox Monks in Broom Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liana Aghajanian]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of holiday giving, Armenian and Greek Orthodox Monks took it upon themselves to exchange gifts, except they weren&#8217;t the kind of presents you would normally expect. Around 100 priests hurled brooms at each other in Bethlehem&#8217;s Church of Nativity as they were cleaning the church in preparation for Orthodox Christmas, which both [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Armenia&#8217;s Suicide Spot: The Kievyan Bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/armenias-suicide-spot-the-kievyan-bridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liana Aghajanian]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The buzz of cars making their way across the Kievyan Bridge never comes to a lull. In fact, the more you hang around,  the louder it gets. Wild herds of Ladas pinch, honk and pull at each other, until the vehicular cacophony adds human voices to its ensemble; angry voices, who leave their cars to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Glimpse: Lives of 19th Century Armenian Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Contributor]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[armenian feminism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[armenian women in iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;A History of Armenian Women&#8217;s Writing, 1880-1922,&#8221; author Victoria Rowe discusses novelist Zabel Yesayian&#8217;s impressions of the lives of Armenian women in the 1880s and 1890s. &#8220;In her autobiography, Yesayian noted that in her youth, many of her female friends lamented the fact that they had little freedom. They &#8216;wanted to be educated, to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Armenia Lifts HIV Travel Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/armenia-lifts-hiv-travel-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liana Aghajanian]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aids]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hiv travel ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiv/aids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government of Armenia recently made the decision to lift its travel restrictions for people living with HIV, aligning its policy with international public health standards, a move much welcomed by Unzipped, who called it excellent news and the blog of NGO Public Information and Need of Knowledge (PINK) in Armenia,which included information about when [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Armenian Rapper Draws Criticism With Violent Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/armenian-rapper-draws-criticism-with-violent-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ianyanmag.com/armenian-rapper-draws-criticism-with-violent-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Contributor]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diaspora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armenian diaspora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haghpat monastery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual abuse women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super sako]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[JUNE 23, 2011 In a country that is still coming to terms with domestic violence issues, particularity sexual abuse aimed against women, Armenian-American rapper Sako Balasanyan, better known by his stage name of &#8220;Super Sako&#8221; has angered Armenians with a new series of photographs featuring violent, misogynistic imagery of a faceless woman and him in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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