Comments on: Obama, the Armenian Genocide & the Photographic Record

By: hv

hv — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:45:58 +0000

I am closing comments on this post. Thanks everyone.

By: MHER KHACHATRYAN

MHER KHACHATRYAN — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:32:57 +0000

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YOU WILL FIND OUT ABOUT MY OPPINION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN MY WEB.

By: Sylva Portoian

Sylva Portoian — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:41:43 +0000

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66 SOULS OF GENOCIDES
The stories from my clinic on Armenian genocide
The Al Shammari tribe in north of Iraq saved many dying children. One of
them was found in river Khabour, so they named him Khabour.* They describe
him as a blonde-haired person with blue eyes. His grandchildren say he looked
different from our granduncles. He married from the tribe.
There are many stories that people are still narrating from the Al Anazi and
the Al Dhufayri tribes. They saved Armenian children in the Middle East, the
Gulf, and Arabia, brought them up to become part of their families. They say
they are proud to have Armenian origin. To understand the culture of Arabs and
their dignity, they called the girls Merriam, which means Mary, as they were
Christian and they believe in Merriam being mentioned in Qur’an; mother of
Essa (Jesus). It was easier for them than Armenian names, which is difficult
to pronounce and write. The name Merriam is heartily and holy in use among
Muslim Arabs and Iranians, as frequent as Mary among Christians.
The story achieved after natural personal observation:
In spring of 1992, a Bedouin old woman brought her grandson to me, her face
was covered as usual. Her petite white hands were holding her grandson in
a delicate and artistic way that I was interested to see her face. She became
friendly with me and, after detailed conversation, said my father was an
Armenian orphan from the genocide, brought up by a Syrian family, and later
married their daughter, who was my mother. She said at the end, “I am short
like my father and have the same personality. He was a kind and intelligent
man.” I do regret I did not collect more information; I never thought one day
that I would be able write a book on genocide. I knew so much that I thought
everyone knows about our untreatable pain.
If I can say, almost all people living in the Middle East, Iran, Egypt, and
Arabia know about the genocide, even the recent generation, but in Europe
and USA, only among some groups.ill today I hear stories from the desert

By: C yagjian

C yagjian — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:12:02 +0000

what Obama did was cowardly, there is no other appropriate adjective. Thank you for posting these photos, i stumbled upon your blog accidentally. This year on the 24th i had a small gathering with friends and we watched a documentary, i left feeling like i hadn’t learned much . i think despite how much discussion i’ve had about the genocide i have really avoided looking it straight in the eyes, the photos are so painful. this picture of the woman tears me to pieces, she reminds me why recognition is so important for us. maybe obama should spend some time staring at this photograph.

By: hv

hv — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:26:21 +0000

Marco, your comment is very offensive and not to mention delusional.

By: Marco

Marco — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:24:55 +0000

Obama did well. Cuz as everyone knows well that so called armenian genocide is just a political campaign.

By: Hrag

Hrag — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:51:11 +0000

Hi Hovic, I’ll install it. You’re the first to comment in Armenian so perhaps it’s something I should add.

By: Hovic

Hovic — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:51:23 +0000

Oh, sorry remove my comment, I see your site doesn’t support unicode Armenian letters which is a standard on internet.

By: Hovic

Hovic — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:49:13 +0000

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By: hv

hv — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:10:56 +0000

To be fair he used the term "Meds Yeghern" which is the Armenian terms for the Armenian Genocide. He may not have used the term we were waiting for but he did take one step closer to realizing what we are hoping for. The whole White House statement is here.