By Thomas Seibert Foreign Correspondent of “The National”Istanbul In a historic agreement almost a century after up to 1.5 million Armenia...

Beirut conference to discuss Armenian genocide
By Daniel Bardsley A conference to discuss what is termed the Armenian genocide will be the first gathering of its kind in the Middle East to bring to...

Mihran Minassian receives the first prize of the Syrian Translation Award
Azad-Hye Special Syrian Armenian researcher and translator Mihran Minassian, received the biggest prize of the newly established Syrian state t...

Armen Melkonian new Ambassador of Armenia in Egypt
On 20 August 2009, Armen Melkonian, the newly appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Egypt presented the copies of his credentials to Ahmed Aboul Gheit, F...

Musaffah industrial zone in Abu Dhabi to get 'Art Hub'
By Matt Kwong A creative arts centre in the Musaffah industrial zone is expected to ease the capital?s shortage of cheap studio space for emerging art...

Armenia and UAE discuss parliamentary relations
Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al Ghurair and the Armenian ambassador to UAE Vahagn Melikian discussed on 25 Au...

Turkish group accuses Google of limiting free speech
A Turkish advocacy organization is accusing Google of limiting free speech after the Web search leader suspended the group's ads in response to co...

Keghani Kouzoujian wins Google scholarship
By Raynald Rivera DOHA: The student of Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar (CMU-Q) who was declared one of the winners of the prestigious Google Anita Bo...

Newsletter issue number 020 (August 2009)
Middle East Armenian Newsletter Issue 20 18 August 2009 Suzan Markarian … A high class masterpiece She has, with no exaggeration, the most beaut...