2004_03 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper March 2004

              March 2004
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• Armenians on the Internet •
Armen Postoyan
Staff Writer
Website Address: www.TeachGenocide.org
Categories: Home, Video, Survivor Accounts, Books,
Teaching Guides, Website, Documents & Maps and History
of Genocides
Brief Summary: This website was established at the
beginning of 2004 by the San Francisco Armenian National
Committee. This website was developed to inform high
school teachers throughout California on the Armenian Genocide and to teach them how it could be used in their curriculum. Along with having a teacher's guide, there is also a
section on Survivor Accounts. This website is a great tool for
those who want to learn more about the genocide. I recommend this site to people of all ages and to those who are
interested in teaching about the Armenian Genocide.
Website Address: www.ArmenianTeens.com
Categories: Armenian Jokes, Funny Pictures, Poems,
Satellite Images, Personal Motivation, Random Quotes, Miscellaneous Facts
Brief Summary: This Website must be viewed by all
youth ages 12 and older. This is a site designed to keep kids
interested about different topics such as Jokes, Pictures,
Satellite Images of Armenia and the different Historical
Lands. As you search through this site, you can't stop from
laughing at the jokes but can't help the fact that it is educational as well. If you have some extra time in your busy life,
this website is worth looking at. I recommend this site to
young people looking to have some fun searching the World
Wide Web.
Alexander History Published
La Storia di Alessandro   il
Macedone
(The History of Alexander of
Macedonia)
Codice miniato armeno del
secolo XIV (Venezia, ms. San
Lazzaro 424),
Giusto Traina, editor, in collaboration with Carlo Franco,
Dickran Kouymjian, and Cecilia
Veronese Arslan. Volume 5 inthe
series "Helios" Coll ana edi tori ale
del Centra Veneto Studi e Ricerche
sulle Civilta Classiche e Orientali,
2 vols., Padua: Also Ausilio Editore,
2003.
Volume I. // testo (The Text;,
pp. 194, size 21.5x31.5 cm, introduction to the text, analysis of the
miniatures, translation, bibliography and index.
Volume 11. Le miniature, facsimile color reproduction of all 254
pages, size 25x35 cm, plus an appendix of reproductions from other
illustrated Armenian manuscripts
of Alexander, on separate sheets,
boxed in sturdy buckram.
The History of Alexander the
Great is a universal work that has
been translated into scores of language and adopted by nearly every
civilization. The most popular version of the story and the one that
served as the source for almost all
other versions was composed in
Alexandria in the third century by
an anonymous Greek author who
was later given the name of
(Pseudo-)Callisthenes, after a contemporary of Alexander. The Armenian translation of the work is
safely attributed to the fifth century, just a couple of centuries after
its composition.     Scholars of
Mosaix- A New Lifestyle Magazine
mo
Fall 2003    S3.95
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TEN
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ARMENIANS
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Mitchell Peters
Staff Writer
Looking at the first issue of
Mosaix, a ne w hi gh- end Arm eni an
lifestyle magazine, one might think
that he was flipping through an
Armenian version of Vanity Fair.
The cover of the fall 2003 issue
angelically displays the beautiful
Armenian pop singer Cher, who
the magazine deems as one of the
top ten most influential Armenians,
while also exploring the world of
fashion, art, travel, health, finance,
entertainment, food and fitness.
With a crossover appeal that is
geared toward both a young and
mature audience,
Mosaix Magazine
provides something of interest to
people from all
walks of life.
"We are a
young, hip publication," said
Tamar Kevonian,
publisher of
Mosaix.
The new
monthly magazine will focus on
issues facing the
nearly one million
Armenians living
in North America
with subject matter that isn't restricted to topics
about Armenians
only. With this, Mosaix hopes to
reach a larger mainstream audience that isn't restricted to Armenian readers only, she said.
"We don'tf eel itmatters whether
somebody is Armenian or not to be
involved with the magazine,"
Kevonian said. "We're not just
looking at things that are about
Armenians, but what interests us."
In contrast to other Armenian-
oriented magazines, Mosaix is a
non-political magazine thatfocuses
on contemporary social issues.
Rather than focusing on the country of Armenia itself, Mosaix attempts to localize their subject
matter to a national level.
"Through the magazine we're
trying to create a community,"
Kevonian said. "It's what's happening on a national scale."
The magazine was first conceived whenKe vonian and a friend,
now editor-in-chief R. Alexander
Jaime, determined that there were
no publications that served the Armenian community in a non-partisan and non-political fashion.
With virtually no experience in
publishing magazines, Kevonian
decided to surround herself with a
team of people who have experience in putting together publications. Instead, Kevonian brings with
her a background in business along
with her knowledge and ties to the
Armenian community.
"Overall, the responses have
been extremely positive, far above
industry standards," she said. "We
value everyone's opinion."
Along with the chic advertising
and educationally entertaining articles, Mosaix provides crisp, colorful pages, which inform its readers in a non-confrontational fashion. The wide range of content
should accommodate anyone who
picks it up.
"There's something in it for everyone," Kevonian said
Mosaix is currently available
through subscription and is sold on
newsstands in some regions. Subscriptions can be done through their
website, www.mosaixmag.com, or
by mail, P.O Box 1164, Burbank,
California 91507.
Pseudo-Callisthenes, to
establish and check the
much later surviving Greek
versions, have used it.
Among the more than
80 surviving Armenian
m anuscripts of the History
or Romance of Alexander,
the most important and
most beautiful is codex no.
424 of the Library of the
Mekhitarist Fathers on the
island of San Lazzaro,
Venice. It was copied and
illustrated with magnifi-
cent miniatures in the early
fourteenth century; the
manuscript today contains
128 folios and 85 miniature paintings. The Venice
manuscript is also the oldest to preserve the additional kafas or poems
added by Khatchadour of
Ketcharis at the end of the
thirteenth century. These
moralizing poems were
added to virtually every
episode of the History and
seem to turn this very secular and
pagan workinto an acceptable book
for Arm enian Christians, especially
the monks responsible forthe copying and illustrating manuscripts in
medieval times.
The extraordinary manuscript,
difficult of access because of its
fragile state (a restoration was carried out in recent years), is now
available in its entirety in a luxurious facsimile edition. A companion volume analyzes the text philo-
logically, historically, and icono-
graphically, while providing a diplomatic translation in Italian, in-
■/- -At—/"	
Alexander receiving the ambassadors of Persian King Darius fromthe
History of Alexander the Great, Armenian manuscript no. 424 of the
Venice Mekhitarist Fathers collection, San Lazzaro, Venice, folio 30.
eluding    all    the    kafas    of
Khatchadour.
The integral publication provides the major resource for the
study of the Armenian Alexander
and provides historians and especially art historians with one of
most famous and important illustrated manuscripts of the entire
Christian Orient.
Price: Euro 1.020 about $ 1,190
Available through: Aldo Ausilio
Editore in Padova, via A. Da
Bassano70/d, 35135 Padova, Italia;
tel. 049.8642829,0498642828; fax
049 8642828
"All Things Armenian"
Completes 20th Program
Staff Report
"All Things Armenian" is a weekly, one hour long cultural arts and
information program produced by KFSR and the Armenian Studies
Program at Fresno State. The program airs on Saturdays from noon till
1 o'clock, immediately following the "Hye Oozh" program. Hosted
by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, the program features interviews
with noted Armenian guests, as well as music by Armenian composers
and musicians. "All Things Armenian" also features Armenian news
from around the world, as well as local news and events.
"All Things Armenian" is live-streamed and can be heard throughout the world at http://www.csufresno.edu/kfsr/ata.html and the
archived shows can be accessed at http://www.csufresno.edu/kfsr/
ata.html. Following are some of the shows which have aired:
Program #1 -11/01/03 - Aram Khatchatourian
The debut edition of "All Things Armenian" focuses on noted
Armenian composer Aram Khatchatourian. The program includes
performances of some of his most famous works, including the Sabre
Dance from the Gayane Ballet, as well as an interview with pianist and
world-renowned Khatchatourian expert Sahan Arzuni.
Program #2 -11/08/03 - Dr. Peter Balakian
This week's edition of "All Things Armenian" features an interview with current New York Times best selling author, Dr. Peter
Balakian, author of the new book The Burning Tigris: The Armenian
Genocide and America's Response. This week's program also features the music of Alan Hovhaness.
On Line Bonus: Listen to Dr. Peter Balakian's lecture at Fresno
State 11/02/03...
Program #4 -11/22/03 -Dr. Ara Sanjian
This week's edition of "All Things Armenian" features an interview with Dr. Ara Sanjian, Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting
Professor in Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno.
This week's program also features the works of Armenian composer
and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian.
Program #7 -12/13/03 - Guest: Mark Arax
This week's edition of "All Things Armenian" features an interview with Valley native Mark Arax, who is San Joaquin Valley
correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and the author of the new
book The King of California: J.G. Boswell andthe Making of a Secret
American Empire.