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		<title>Archag &amp; Anahid: Cultivating Armenian Literature in France</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With so much attention focused on the French-Armenian community in recent weeks, it is an excellent time to remember the role that France once played as the center of Armenian literary and cultural activity in the diaspora. In the 1920s and 1930s, the capital of Western Armenian intellectual life shifted from Constantinople to Paris. During [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2012/02/07/archag-anahid-cultivating-armenian-literature-in-france/</link>
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		<title>Building Clay Bridges: Ceramic Art for Yerevan&#8217;s Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s just after noon on a cloudy but bright December day, and the cold, grey-white sunshine pours through large windows overlooking a cluster of apartment buildings neighboring Yerevan’s Matenadaran ancient manuscript repository. Vivid, abstract paintings and three-dimensional creations adorn the high walls of this room and the dark wooden hallway I passed through to reach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2012/02/06/building-clay-bridges-ceramic-art-for-yerevans-children/</link>
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		<title>Photographing Turkey&#8217;s Cultural Heritage: Aydin Cetinbostanoglu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Born in 1954 in Izmir Turkey, photographer Aydin Cetinbostanoglu has been documenting Turkey&#8217;s Gypsy, Alevi, Jewish, Christian Arab and Armenian communities for years, forming relationships, building trust and as a result gaining exclusive access to cultural intricacies that have for the most part remained allusive to outsiders. Hoping to break down cultural barriers, Cetinbostanoglu concentrated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2012/02/01/photographing-turkey-aydin-cetinbostanoglu/</link>
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		<title>Op-Ed: Breadcrumbs to Nowhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Lorky Libaridian and Edgar Martirosyan The recent passage of the French bill criminalizing genocide denial in France has caused massive rejoicing across the Armenian nation both at home and abroad.   While the emotional reaction of Armenian communities is understandable given Turkey’s continued state-sponsored decades long revisionist policies, sadly, there is nothing tangible here to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2012/01/31/op-ed-breadcrumbs-to-nowhere/</link>
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		<title>Interview: Suzanne Khardalian on Grandma&#8217;s Tattoos and the Forgotten Lives of Armenian Women</title>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2012/01/25/interview-suzanne-khardalian-on-grandmas-tattoos-and-the-forgotten-lives-of-women/</link>
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		<title>Armenian Retail Therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2012/01/03/armenian-retail-therapy/</link>
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		<title>The Big Picture: Georgia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries,&#8221; Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili once said. While the country, bordering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia,  sits at the crux of the Caucasus and its membership into Europe or Asia  is debated, its ancient status can be backed up by more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2012/01/01/the-big-picture-georgia/</link>
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		<title>That&#8217;s the Spirit: Armenian and Greek Orthodox Monks in Broom Fight</title>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2011/12/28/thats-the-spirit-armenian-and-greek-orthodox-monks-in-broom-fight/</link>
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		<title>Op-Ed: The Problem With France&#8217;s Armenian Genocide Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bill has passed in France&#8217;s lower house of parliament that makes it a crime for that country&#8217;s citizens to express aloud denial of the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Turks (the genocide occurred before and during World War I). A genocide denier will potentially face a year in jail and a $58,500 fine. Turkey, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2011/12/23/op-ed-the-problem-with-frances-armenian-genocide-bill/</link>
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		<title>Swimming to Chicago: Novel Features Gay Armenian-American Teen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Already recognized by the American Library Association as an outstanding novel for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer and Transgendered (LGBQT)  children and teens, author David-Matthew Barnes&#8217; second young adult novel, &#8220;Swimming to Chicago,&#8221; is making waves. Centering around Armenian-American teen Alex Bainbridge, the novel details his struggles to cope with his mother&#8217;s suicide, his own emerging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ianyanmag.com/2011/12/19/swimming-to-chicago-novel-features-gay-armenian-american-teen/</link>
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