The Promise: What is Ours?

May 5, 2017

Mother Armenia in Yerevan (Photo: Angela Hassassian)

BY ANGELA HASSASSIAN

It’s May 2017 and I can’t seem to shake the feeling of discontentment. The climax of the centennial commemorations of the Armenian Genocide has passed, and the speeches, campaigns and movements have become lackluster. The perspective of the Armenian society has undergone a shift, more prone to building peace and highlighting heroes, and less geared towards demanding recognition and compensation. We have long since stopped expecting the US President to use the term “genocide,”

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