shirley | November 24, 2009
Local author, Lindy V. Avakian, writes this in the introduction of his book The Cross and the Crescent: The history of Armenia is an important one. These ancient people, blessed with the wealth of territory beneath Mt. Ararat, unselfishly contributed to the development of a civilized world. Emerging from the birth canal of the Indo-Europeans, [...]
shirley | November 15, 2009
Take this self scoring test and find out! Give yourself one point for each “yes” to the following statements: 1. You have at least one Persian rug or crocheted tablecloth. 2. You frequently use expressions like “oef, eeh,eyaah and yalla.” 3. You talk with your hands when you’re on the phone. 4. You have at [...]
shirley | November 13, 2009
LAHMAHJOON, KEUFTA AND SOUBERAG Visiting my grandparents was like walking into the “Old Country” – a term used to refer to the historic homeland of the Armenian people, now a part of Eastern Turkey. Neither set of grandparents spoke very good English. Complicating matters was the fact that one set of grandparents spoke mostly Turkish [...]
