NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND ARMENIAN ISSUES

Azg/arm
15 July 05

The National Geographic periodical touches upon Armenia and the
Armenian issues time after time. According to “The Armenian Mirror
Spectator, ” Bernard Ohanian, former deputy editor-in-chief, told
about the history of the periodical during the meeting at the
International and Public Affairs’ Facultyof the Columbia University in
New York. The meeting was organized by the Armenian center of the
University, commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.

On behalf of the board of the Armenian Center, Mark Momjian,
represented the guest and stated that the periodical touched upon the
Armenian issues in the October of 1915, when Hester Donaldson
Jannicks, professor at the Ladies American Collage of Constantinople,
published the article, entitled “Armenia and the Armenians.”

Mr. Ohanian spoke of the history of the periodical and the articles
published in “The National Periodical” on Armenia and the Armenian
issues. In particular, writer Melville Chatter published an article
entitled “The Country of Walking Death. The Travel through Armenia
Doomed to Hunger” in 1919. In 1978, the periodical published the
article “The Proud Armenians.” While in the March of 2004, the
periodical published “The Revival of Armenia” article that the term
“genocide,” when dwelling on the events of 1915.

Mr. Ohanian has worked also with The Los Angeles Times magazine, The
Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Columbia
Journalism Review” periodicals.

By the end of the meeting, Mark Momjian presented “My Name Is Red,”
the book by Orhan Pamuk, signed by the author, to the honored
journalist.

By Hakob Tsulikian