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Armenia’s first contemporary art Biennial, Announced at Event held at Armenian Consulate General in Los Angeles, Video.

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By Wally Sarkeesian,

Gagrulelive: Los Angeles Full coverage of event hosted by Armenian Consul General Ambassador Armen BAIBOURTIAN Announcing Armenia’s first contemporary art Biennial, Mr. Fabio Lenzi Co-Founder Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation, introduced Biennial concept to the audience. a very successful evening with full house attendees.

The Yerevan Biennial was founded as an initiative of the newly established Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation, which was founded with the aim of developing and executing cultural and educational initiatives in the region. The Foundation takes an all-encompassing approach to establishing a creative ecosystem interconnecting the realms of the arts, culture and education, and is a platform for public engagement that operates locally, nationally and internationally.

A key aim of the Foundation and the Yerevan Biennial is to empower today’s Armenian youth and to create new professional paths for the future generations, particularly in the creative and cultural sector, with a strong emphasis placed on the educational and public programmes that will accompany the Biennial exhibition period.

Building on Armenia’s rich history and cultural heritage, the Foundation is also committed to enhancing and consolidating Yerevan’s reputation by promoting the entire region as an exciting cultural and tourist destination, where local heritage and contemporary art and thinking can interconnect on a global cultural platform.

Fabio Lenzi, co-founder of Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation, said: “I am delighted to establish the Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation and look forward to shaping the programmes and organizational structure together with my colleagues, the local communities, our institutional partners, stakeholders in Armenia and abroad, as well as the wider international artistic community. Yerevan is an extraordinary city. Those who have not yet visited Armenia should take this opportunity to explore a country that has so much to offer, including extraordinary landscapes, powerful nature, ancient monuments, traditions and exquisite gastronomy. Armenia is a real gem but is still so little known.”

More information on the curator, theme and programme for the 2020 Yerevan Biennial will be announced in Spring 2020. 

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Samos, Greece: Meet the famous Turkish-Armenian Sevan Nişanyan A linguist, writer & self-taught architect in exile, Face-to-Face meeting with journalist Wally Sarkeesian Video, Photos

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Greece Island Samos, Sevan Nişanyan, Ira Tzourou, Wally Sarkeesian

“The bird has flown away”

Samos Island: Sevan Nişanyan is a Turkish-Armenian linguist and travel writer. An author of a number of books, Nişanyan was awarded the Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Liberty Award of the Turkish Human Rights Association in 2004 for his contributions to greater freedom of speech.

On July 14 Sevan Nisanyan, a famous jailed intellectual, announcing he’d escaped from a Turkish prison. He had been behind bars since January 2014 and wasn’t eligible for parole for another 10 years.

he’s a self-taught architect who renovated his home village of Sirince in the hills above the Greco-Roman ruins of Ephesus, turning it into a tourist attraction on Turkey’s Aegean coast. That’s what got him in trouble In late July, Nisanyan surfaced in Greece, where he received a temporary resident permit and has applied for political asylum.

Nisanyan, found new life in one of the Greek Island called Samos and is doing almost exactly what he use to do in Turkey, writing and rebuilding villages with his newly married wife Ira Tzourou both are very active.

Wally Sarkeesian, this man is fearless when I decided to go see him at Samos Island. I kept my trip very secret for his safety and security. After I arrived at the Island, he told me no worry the Turkish Government is very happy that I left.

Nişanyan, a graduate of Yale and Columbia, whittled away his time locked up by writing, reading, and debating with his fellow inmates — “professional thieves, drug sellers, plenty of murderers, organized gang personnel, armed robbers, wife-stabbers, con artists, the lot.” He spent 3.5 years of an 11.5-year prison sentence in eight facilities, not all of which were quite as pleasant as Foça. “A couple of them were horrible,” “[There was] extraordinary overcrowding. 120 people in a ward designed for 40.”

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Gagrulelive: Meet Professor Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, Ph.D. Focus on Digital Medicine, education, and research, Interviewed by Wally Sarkeesian Video.

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Professor Georgi Chaltikyan

By Wally Sarkeesian

Yerevan: It was great pleasure meeting Professor Georgi Chaltikyan At WCIT 2019 International Technology Conference in Yerevan, Armenia.

Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, PhD

Professor and Expert in Digital Health (WHO Roster of Experts); Physician, Surgeon, Health ICT Specialist.

Pfarrkirchen, Bayern, Deutschland

Medicine and healthcare professional, trained as a general and laparoscopic surgeon, with ca 20 years of experience in clinical practice, medical and healthcare education and research, healthcare project management. Current primary focus: Healthcare ICT, Digital Health (use of IT and telecom to make healthcare better, safer and accessible for all), Cross-Border and Global Healthcare, Healthcare Information Management. Professor at the European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI) of Technical University of Deggendorf (THD), Bavaria, Germany. Founding President of Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM).

Specialties: Digital Health, Telemedicine, eHealth, Health ICT, Clinical Medicine, Global Health, Healthcare Administration, (Cross-Border) Healthcare Management, Medical and Health Education and Research.

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Las Vegas: From Wally Sarkeesian Travel Book: Friday Evening event at St. Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church Video.

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Las Vegas: From Wally Sarkeesian Travel Book: Every Friday evening at St. Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church. The Church members cook food, sing, dance, and enjoy their Armenian culture. We were delighted to take part by invitation of the church, We would like to thank the Archpriest Fr. Vahan Gosdanian – The Pastor and Hagop Havanjian active church member. Las Vegas Armenian community is rapidly growing We wish them all a very Happy New Year 2020…

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ANCA-WR 2019 Annual Gala Banquet. An impressive and inspiring night see all Interviews Videos.

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By Wally Sarkeesian

ANCA-WR 2019 Annual Gala Banquet. Gagrulelive full coverage reporting from Beverly Hill Hilton An impressive and inspiring night with 5 Star Chair Nora Hovsepian Teamwork collaborative effort. Also speakers Eric Garcetti mayor of LA and honoring Congresswoman Judy Chu for her humanitarian work for Artsakh and gaining US recognition of the Armenian Genocide and many more. That makes all Armenian proud… Congratulations to all the honorees!
#goANCAANCA Western RegionANCA WR Grassroots Conference… More to come.

Meet Ara Najarian Mayor of Glendale in Conversation with Wally Sarkeesian At ANCA-WR 2019 Annual Gala Banquet.

Meet some of the ANCA-WR Backbone leadership who Makes ANCA the largest Armenian grassroots organization. Interviewed by Wally Sarkeesian at ANCA-WR 2019 Annual Gala Banquet

Meet Asbarez Editor Ara Khachatourian 27 Years Media experience, Interviewed by Wally Sarkeesian at ANCA-WR 2019 Annual Gala Banquet

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Yerevan: GagruleLive Videos from WCIT 2019 technology Conference

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The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2019) opens in Yerevan and will last three days from October 6 to 9

WCIT is the signature event of the World Information Technology & Services Alliance (WITSA). WITCA is the consortium of ICT associations of 83 countries, representing 90% of the  IT industry.  For 40 years, technology leaders—CEOs and investors, policy makers and government officials, academics and technologists—have joined in this annual event to discuss the state of the industry, where it is headed, and what it means for our future.

In previous years, WCIT was hosted by Brasília, Brazil’s capital city, Taipei and India’s Hayderabad.

Over 2,500 from 70 countries are participating in this year’s Congress. This year, WCIT will address The Power of Decentralization: Promise and Peril and explore how information and communications technology is transforming our lives for better and for worse, and its impact on profits and prosperity, safety and security, democracy and humanity.

The Congress is hosted by Armenia with the support and under the high patronage of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, and the main organizing body is the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE).

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GagruleLiv interview Armenian Assembly of America Western Region Director Mihran Toumajan, The advocacy work in Washington, DC. Video.

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By Wally Sarkeesian

This morning, I was pleased to interview Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) Western Region Director Mihran Toumajan, who shed light on the Assembly’s advocacy work in Washington, DC, and, in particular, the significant  results of the organization’s 2019 National Advocacy Conference & Gala in DC two weeks ago during which Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, Rep. Jackie Speier, was honored by the Assembly with the Governor George Deukmejian Award for Public Service. Congresswoman Speier has been a persistent, effective champion of the United States-Armenia relationship for decades, and her leadership has been critical in forging ever-stronger ties between the governments and people of the United States and Armenia.

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Over 80 Armenian Assembly of America activists and volunteer State Chairs, spanning 15 states plus the District of Columbia, advocated for stronger U.S.-Armenia and U.S.-Artsakh relations, and for congressional recognition of and restorative justice for the Armenian Genocide during two days of meetings with Members and staff of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on Capitol Hill — over 120 meetings in total. As an immediate result of the Hill meetings, two Republican Members of the Arizona congressional delegation — Representatives David Schweikert and Paul Gosar — joined the Congressional Armenian Caucus. More information about the Assembly’s advocacy work and its flagship summer internship programs in DC and in Armenia for college students are available at: www.aaainc.org.

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Every Wednesday at 7:00 PM on GagruleLive: Harut Sassounian and Wally Sarkeesian discussion on Armenian foreign and domestic affairs Video

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GagruleLive, Wednesday 7:00 PM Harut Sassounian and Wally Sarkeesian discussion on newly created Pan Armenian Council of Western USA, and on a separate track work in progress for new Diaspora parliament, also we covered how PM Pashinyan manage day to day business in Armenia

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#ANCA-WR pass on the torch to the new Generation, name Armen Sahakyan to Executive director position Watch interview on GagruleLive Video

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Armen Sahakyan ANCA-WR Executive Director interviewed by Wally Sarkeesian

Armen Sahakyan holds a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Political Economy (summa cum laude, class valedictorian) from Bloomfield College.

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Sahakyan has taught Government Studies at his alma mater Bloomfield College as an adjunct professor. Additionally, he has worked at the World Bank Group, the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations, as well as the European Institute.

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The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region is the largest and most influential nonpartisan Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country, the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad range of issues in pursuit of the Armenian Cause.

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