Ararat: A Searchlight on Armenia

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Founded in 1898 in London by the Armenian United Association of London, the periodical Ararat: A Searchlight on Armenia had the double-object of: "(1) drawing together all Armenians in the British capital, bringing them into touch with the British public, and thus establishing a closer sympathy between the two nations; and (2) focussing in the centre of the civilised world the many questions, both social and national, which affect Armenia and the Armenians."

Having been founded only a few years after the Hamidian massacres, which would foreshadow the Armenian Genocide of 1915, Ararat's tone was inevitably nationalistic and revolutionary in nature, supporting the ideal of the oppressed to liberate itself against the oppressor. Ararat spread news about the situation of Armenians in the Ottoman and Russian empires both to Armenian citizens in England as well as the English public, in the hope of bringing awareness to the problems facing Armenians in their homeland and the urgency to act. Contributors to Ararat also wrote critical articles on certain aspects of Armenian life, including culture, arts, history, and most prominently, politics.

The members of Ararat's General Council were:

  • G. M. Gregory, Lieut.-Col., V. D., President.
  • J. G. Joakim, Vice-President.
  • A. P. Hakobian, Vice-President and Honorary Treasurer.
  • M. K. Gudenian, Honorary Secretary
  • S. P. Stephens
  • D. Arslanian
  • H. N. Mosditchian
  • N. P. Hacobian, Honorary Assistant Treasurer.
  • James A. Malcolm

Some of the contributors to Ararat were:

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