Category: history
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Permanent Remembrance
Each April 24th, I stop and remember the events of one of the most forgotten and at the same time, most controversial genocides of the 20th century. As an Armenian, even if only a quarter, I grew up with full knowledge of the events, continually astounded as a child by the thought that most people…
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Finding My Passion
Self-help gurus preach this religiously. Any blogger who quit their full time job will tell you this until they are blue in the face. This concept, cultivating passion, has merit even though it has progressed far on the path towards cliche oblivion. Yet I have become increasingly convinced I have truly discovered mine even though…
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World War II – A Reframed View
While at the beach over Christmas, every evening we settled in to watch a couple episodes of a 2009 documentary titled “World War II in Color.” I learned a lot watching this mminiseries, not academically, but philosophically. This miniseries helped me reflect on the effect of war and also the role of the United States…
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One Hundred Two
On April 24, 1915, the Committee of Union and Progress, the ruling party of the Ottoman Empire, rounded up, arrested and deported over 250 leading Armenian intellectuals and religious leaders. Most of these men were later murdered. Although the Turks had perpetrated various acts of violence towards Armenians before this date, this egregious moment of…