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Florence Pashayan with sister, Rose Stewart, in the 1940's
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How to make Armenian Lace

While showing her adolescent daughters, Florence and Rose how to make Armenian needle lace, she remembers. Aghavni thinks of the

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Amid The Ruins

“I long to see my Cilicia once more and ride the waves of river Arax and gaze at snow-capped Mount

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“Funny Writing”

It wasn’t that long ago that rug experts acknowledged that the “funny writing” on some oriental rugs was Armenian. However,

Karakin Choroian
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Little Women: Fannie and Atlas

In America during the years 1894-1896, Fannie a thirteen-year-old girl, living in a rural community, oftentimes participated in church socials,

Benjamin Whitaker
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Benjamin Whitaker and the Armenian Genocide

My father, Sarkis Deli Sarkisian (aka Deli Sarkis) survived the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. For almost one hundred years, successive