Alin K. Gregorian

Watertown

Editor at The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

Editor of the https://t.co/1hbFWaK84A. I love my daughter and my dog. In that order most days. Always on the lookout for good books.

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Articles

Ellen Alaverdyan Feels the Groove

2 weeks ago | mirrorspectator.com | Alin K. Gregorian

LAS VEGAS — A casual observer of Ellen Alaverdyan might be fooled by her cute smile or sweet peals of laughter. After all, she looks like a charming pre-teen. However, once she starts playing her bass guitar, she unleashes riffs from songs by a variety of bands, from Metallica to Earth Wind and Fire.
40th Musical Armenia Concert Held at Carnegie Hall

3 weeks ago | mirrorspectator.com | Florence Avakian |Alin K. Gregorian

Following the intermission, 21-year-old Arno Melkonyan presented a creative program dedicated to his homeland and began his pianistic and compositional mastery with Babadjanian’s Prelude, a folk-inspired piece demonstrating the brilliant style of Rachmaninoff and Khachaturian, truly a tribute to his Armenian people. Melkonyan’s Wedding Song began with quiet thoughtfulness and built to joyous celebration.
Human Rights Attorney Jared Genser Is Making the Case for Ruben Vardanyan

1 month ago | mirrorspectator.com | WIlliam Saroyan |Alin K. Gregorian

“When Ruben was arrested in September 2023, he was remanded to pretrial detention on three charges — financing terrorism, participation in the creation and operation of armed groups not sanctioned by law, and illegal crossing of the state border. It was only after over a year in pretrial detention that the prosecutor announced the 42 charges listed above.
Jazz Piano Great Tigran Hamasyan to Tour US in Support of New Record

1 month ago | mirrorspectator.com | WIlliam Saroyan |Alin K. Gregorian

As described in Hamasyan’s website about the tale, Hazaran Blbul is about a generous king who opens the palace gates to share his property with his people. In the greedy subjects’ jostling, a small child is trampled; his grandmother holds the king responsible and puts a curse on him. Only the bird of a thousand songs can lift it. And so the king sends his oldest sons on a quest to find the mythical creature. But when they return empty-handed, it’s the youngest son Areg’s turn.
Attorneys Work Remotely to Help Armenian Prisoners on Trial in Baku

1 month ago | en.aravot.am | Alin K. Gregorian

The Armenian Mirror-Spectatorby Alin K. GregorianWATERTOWN — The fate of the Armenian leadership of Karabakh (Artsakh), who were arrested in September 2023, after Azerbaijani forces staged a brutal attack on the enclave, taking it over entirely, remains bleak as their trials in Baku are underway. Recently, two attorneys who are working on the cases of the eight, spoke about the dire outlook.
Attorneys Work Remotely to Help Armenian Prisoners on Trial in Baku

1 month ago | mirrorspectator.com | WIlliam Saroyan |Alin K. Gregorian

A sham trial started in Baku in January. As one can imagine, there is no direct contact between the team of attorneys outside Azerbaijan and the clients there. In addition, the Azerbaijani authorities have barred the attorneys from traveling there. The list of charges Vardanyan and the other seven leaders are facing is long.
Armenia, Iceland FMs Meet in Geneva

1 month ago | mirrorspectator.com | WIlliam Saroyan |Alin K. Gregorian

GENEVA (Armenpress) — During his working visit to Geneva, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met on February 25 with Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Katrín Gunnarsdóttir. According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the parties discussed prospects for expanding bilateral political dialogue and cooperation between Armenia and Iceland in various formats and platforms. The meeting also focused on possible upcoming visits.
From AUA to Harvard Law School on Full Scholarship

2 months ago | en.aravot.am | Alin K. Gregorian

The Armenian Mirror-Spectatorby Alin K. GregorianCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard Law School is one of the world’s most selective law schools, with an acceptance rate of around 7.5 percent. Those odds did not deter Anahit Melkonyan, a student then at the American University of Armenia (AUA). In fact, not only was she accepted, but with a full scholarship. Melkonyan, 23, started in September and is acclimating well to life in Cambridge.
From AUA to Harvard Law School on Full Scholarship

2 months ago | mirrorspectator.com | WIlliam Saroyan |Alin K. Gregorian

“We were reviewing the laws written by the government or we were suggesting laws and regulations for the market. Since I was an econ major, I was doing impact analysis. I was trying to calculate the effect on the economy on any of these laws,” she explained. “This forced me — encouraged me — to go to law school, because I knew I could do all this data-driven analysis and I wanted them not to just be on paper.
Teen Karabakh Blast Victim Heads toward a Bright Future

Jan 8, 2025 | en.aravot.am | Alin K. Gregorian

The Armenian Mirror-Spectatorby Alin K. GregorianWATERTOWN — The series of horrors that befell Artsakh (Karabakh) starting in 2020 with the loss of much of its territory and ending in 2023 with the expulsion of its population and its total take over by Azerbaijan were felt by those in the diaspora yet obviously from a safe distance. Karabakh natives who lived through this experience were scarred in a different way.