Contents
NOTES
4 -Editor’s Desk
5 -Contributors
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
7 -Armenia in 2008—By Christian Garbis
12 -Turkey 2008:A Very Personal Overview—By Ayse Gunaysu
COMMENTARY
17 -We Are One People—By Jirair Ratevosian
19 -Memo to President Obama —By Ronald Grigor Suny
21 -Armenian NGOs:To Serve or to Swindle?—By Knarik Meneshian
29 -The August War and Domestic Political Realignment in Georgia —By Asbed Kotchikian
26 -Toward a New Ethic:Sustainable Development and Armenia’s Environment—By Jason Sohigian
FEATURES
31 -A 50-Year Love Affair with the Armenian Weekly—By Tom Vartabedian
34 -An Alchemist’s Pilgrimage: Best-Selling Author Paulo Coelho’s Journey Among the Armenians —By Khatchig Mouradian
39 -Armenian Genocide Survivor an Olympic Gold Medallist—By Tom Vartabedian
90 -From the ‘Hairy Neck’ Chronicles… —By Tatul Sonentz-Papazian
IMAGES
24 -Photography from ATP/ALMA Exhibit on Armenia’s Environment
ARTS & LITERATURE
41 -Conspiracy—By Hacob Karapents, Translated by Tatul Sonentz-Papazian
44 -Poetry
Like the Mountain Flower— By Knarik Meneshian
My New Bookcases Will Arrive in a Week—By Lola Koundakjian
Winter Poem—By Ashot Sevoyan, Translated by Diana DerHovanessian
Vor—By Roni Margulies
Aghtamar – Christmas – Visa Application—By Diana Der-Hovanessian
Prayer Instead of a Greeting —By Daniel Varoujan, Translated by Diana Der-Hovanessian
