Vol. XLV No. 187 Summer 2006
The Summer 2006 issue of Ararat quarterly is just off the press. It contains a balanced mix of articles, fiction, poetry and book reviews. The lead article, "A Concept for a Museum of the Armenian Genocide in Washington, DC," by Edgar Papazian describes, in detail, the author's proposal for its design. Other articles deal with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the issue of language within the Armenian Church, an Armenian in Sweden, a pilgrimage to Kutahya, Komitas's birthplace, and reflections of the 1890s Hamidian massacres in British and American popular culture. The fiction section consists of a chapter from Karabagh Force Six, an unpublished novel by Nishan Parlakian, while Vahan Teryan and Shahe Mankerian are featured in the poetry section. Competing this issue is a cartoon by Aret Gicir illustrating the worldwide dimension of Armenian existence.
