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`Khloe and Lamar' to Discuss Armenian Genocide
by Armenian Weekly
March 10, 2012
March 11th Episode of E! Network Hit Will Feature Film and Photos from
AYF Alumni
WASHINGTON - 'Khloe and Lamar,' the hit E! Network `Keeping Up With the
Kardashians' spin-off viewed weekly worldwide by millions, will
feature a discussion of the Armenian Genocide highlighting
contemporary footage and photography by two veterans of the Armenian
Youth Federation (AYF), Armen Varadian and Justin Kaladjian.
Khloe and Lamar
The episode is set for broadcast this Sunday, March 11th at 10 p.m.
Eastern/9 Central.
The discussion of the Armenian Genocide will focus on whether Khloe
Kardashian's husband, NBA Star Lamar Odom, will play basketball in
Turkey, a particularly sensitive point given the Kardashian family's
pride in their Armenian heritage, and Turkey's legacy as an
unrepentant perpetrator of genocide against the Armenian people.
E! Network producers reached out to The Genocide Education Project
(GenEd), after seeing film footage and photography from an educational
video that Varadian and GenEd Education Director Sara Cohan had
prepared as part of a human rights curriculum project funded by the
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The documentary featured
photo's of AYF-organized anti-genocide protests in New York and
Washington DC taken by Kaladjian, as well as photography and video
taken by Varadian in Armenia.
`We really appreciate the show's interest in learning more about the
efforts of young Armenians to raise public awareness of the Armenian
Genocide, and are very excited by the fact that this weekend millions
of people around the world - many for the first time - will learn about
our work for a truthful and just resolution of this terrible crime,'
said Varadian and Kaladjian, in joint remarks.
`We were glad to be able to share educational resources with the
producers of Khloe & Lamar to help spread awareness about the Armenian
Genocide, and look forward to continuing to work with all the
Kardashians in ending the cycle of genocide worldwide,' noted Cohan.
The `Khloe and Lamar' show's website and Facebook page are:
http://www.eonline.com/shows/khloe_and_lamar
https://www.facebook.com/khloeandlamar
The Genocide Education Project's website is:
http://www.GenocideEducation.org/
http://www.facebook.com/genedpro
Armen Varadian's production company is AMV Creative:
http://amvcreative.com/
From: A. Papazian
by Armenian Weekly
March 10, 2012
March 11th Episode of E! Network Hit Will Feature Film and Photos from
AYF Alumni
WASHINGTON - 'Khloe and Lamar,' the hit E! Network `Keeping Up With the
Kardashians' spin-off viewed weekly worldwide by millions, will
feature a discussion of the Armenian Genocide highlighting
contemporary footage and photography by two veterans of the Armenian
Youth Federation (AYF), Armen Varadian and Justin Kaladjian.
Khloe and Lamar
The episode is set for broadcast this Sunday, March 11th at 10 p.m.
Eastern/9 Central.
The discussion of the Armenian Genocide will focus on whether Khloe
Kardashian's husband, NBA Star Lamar Odom, will play basketball in
Turkey, a particularly sensitive point given the Kardashian family's
pride in their Armenian heritage, and Turkey's legacy as an
unrepentant perpetrator of genocide against the Armenian people.
E! Network producers reached out to The Genocide Education Project
(GenEd), after seeing film footage and photography from an educational
video that Varadian and GenEd Education Director Sara Cohan had
prepared as part of a human rights curriculum project funded by the
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The documentary featured
photo's of AYF-organized anti-genocide protests in New York and
Washington DC taken by Kaladjian, as well as photography and video
taken by Varadian in Armenia.
`We really appreciate the show's interest in learning more about the
efforts of young Armenians to raise public awareness of the Armenian
Genocide, and are very excited by the fact that this weekend millions
of people around the world - many for the first time - will learn about
our work for a truthful and just resolution of this terrible crime,'
said Varadian and Kaladjian, in joint remarks.
`We were glad to be able to share educational resources with the
producers of Khloe & Lamar to help spread awareness about the Armenian
Genocide, and look forward to continuing to work with all the
Kardashians in ending the cycle of genocide worldwide,' noted Cohan.
The `Khloe and Lamar' show's website and Facebook page are:
http://www.eonline.com/shows/khloe_and_lamar
https://www.facebook.com/khloeandlamar
The Genocide Education Project's website is:
http://www.GenocideEducation.org/
http://www.facebook.com/genedpro
Armen Varadian's production company is AMV Creative:
http://amvcreative.com/
From: A. Papazian