“Teach it to me,” you insisted.
Shyly, I pronounced it in English, “Nuh-DEEN Ah-ROXY Dis-lee-OG-loo.”
“No, teach it to me the way your parents named you.”

25 March 2024 | Nadine Araksi/Նատին Արաքսի

Artistry is in Khosrov Melkonyan’s blood. The Los Angeles-born and bred fashion designer has always been a cinematic thinker, by […]

06 March 2024 | Ella Chakarian

“I entered the art world at a very young age,” explains the Armenian artist Karishok Dulyan, who held her very […]

02 January 2024 | Hena Aposhian

Just over one month ago, the Armenian community watched in horror as Azerbaijan launched brutal attacks on Artsakh, finally completing […]

25 November 2023 | Araxie Cass

Welcome to Azad Films, a series of online and in-person events dedicated to increasing the appreciation and accessibility of Armenian […]

16 August 2023 | Tatevik Ayvazyan

CW: This article includes descriptions of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and hate speech.  This article is part of Azad Sparks: Critical Conversations […]

01 February 2023 | Araxie Cass

Consent has been the center of a lot of discussion lately, both within the Armenian community and outside of it. Though legal definitions of sexual consent vary from country to country, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as “giv[ing] assent or approval.”

Simple enough, right? Not exactly.

10 January 2023 | Alexa Gris

Carene Mekertichyan is an artist, organizer, educator in Los Angeles. She organizes people for intersectional justice in various arts spaces and online through her platform on Instagram. She is one of the co-founders of Yerazad coalition, an action coalition dedicated to Armenian liberation and building transnational solidarity. Inspired by Carene’s efforts to build inclusivity in the Armenian community, I sat down with her to learn more about her activism, organizing work, and Armenian experience.

26 October 2022 | Araxie Cass

Speaking with SWANA drag king Vera Hannush is an event filled with lots of laughter, playful absurdity, and enough love […]

07 September 2022 | Kristin Anahit Cass

Have you experienced a drag performance where the artists are wearing traditional taraz or tatreez costumes? As many people of […]

10 August 2022 | Kristin Anahit Cass