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  • #21
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    From Al-Akhbar, a great Lebanese newspaper http://english.al-akhbar.com/photobl...-global-denial
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      • #23
        Re: Armenians in Lebanon

        Lebanese paper on Armenians of Anjar

        tert.am
        12:34 - 05.05.12


        Below is an excerpt from the Lebanon based Alakhbar newspaper's
        article devoted to the Armenians of Anjar.

        The Bourj Hammoud district of Greater Beirut is the capital home to
        Lebanon's Armenians, however their presence extends well beyond the
        city. Al-Akhbar looks at the different areas in Lebanon where Armenian
        communities settled as they fled from Turkish persecution a century
        ago.

        Anjar has been the mystery of the Bekaa Valley since 1939, the year
        Armenians arrived there. The rest of the valley has not been able to
        solve this mystery whose legend was built by poor men and women forced
        out of the Iskenderun. Armenians have since passed this town down from
        father to son.

        `The Republic of Anjar,' which enjoys boundless autonomy under the
        banner of one-party rule [The Armenian Revolutionary Federation or
        Tashnag] overcame the surprised and disapproving looks from residents
        in nearby areas from the moment the first Armenian stepped foot here.

        The poor and forcibly displaced refugees succeeded in taming the
        fields drowning in polluted water and were able to quickly build their
        own city. The cornerstone was laid down by France, Lebanon's
        `compassionate mother,' when it bought, through cajoling and
        intimidation, about 1540 hectares of Anjar's agricultural land.

        In a short time, the Armenians of Anjar were able to transform the
        land that had been `discarded' into a commercial, agricultural, and
        industrial destination.

        Mayor Sarkis Pamboukian says Anjar is 100 percent Armenian and adds
        laughing, it is `24-karat Armenian gold.'


        >From a Refugee Camp to a City

        Anjar began as an Armenian camp established in mid 1939 over
        swampland. It ended up a city with 1062 houses and 1250 families by
        mid 1941. It has 7,000 registered citizens today. About 3,000 reside
        in Anjar on a permanent basis while the number goes up to 4,000 in the
        summer.

        Pamboukian explains that Armenian migration from Anjar happened over
        two stages. The first was in 1946 when a limited number - about 400
        families - left to Soviet Armenia for good. `But the larger migration
        happened at the beginning of the Lebanese war in 1975,' Pamboukian
        says, pointing out that Armenians who leave Anjar today come back to
        `visit all the time,' emphasizing that good relations with neighboring
        areas has brought about social stability.

        `That is why we don't feel anything here threatening our existence. On
        the contrary, over the course of seven decades, we have become an
        essential part of the fabric of this area,' Pamboukian says adding,
        `An Armenian Anjar is a source of strength for the Bekaa. We don't
        feel we're strangers or that we don't belong on this land.'


        A Headquarters of the Syrian Security Leadership


        The Syrian presence in Lebanon played a role in establishing and
        protecting social stability for the Armenians of Anjar. From 1982
        until 2005, the city became a major base for the Syrian security,
        military, and intelligence leadership.

        An Armenian man active in politics and not a Tashnag member confirms
        that `the Syrian presence helped protect us from repercussions of the
        Lebanese Civil War.' He says, `We did not ever feel that we are left
        to an uncertain future here even though we had major political
        differences with our neighbors.'

        He points to the legal dispute between Dar al-Fatwa (the country's top
        Sunni institution) and the Armenians of Anjar over the ownership of
        agricultural lands on the outskirts of the town. He says this dispute
        `took on a sectarian character earlier but cooperation between the two
        sides prevented a fifth column from interfering in this dispute and
        today it is being addressed within a legal framework.'

        He stresses that the relationship between the Armenians of his city
        and the people of Majdal Anjar, a neighboring town, is `very good even
        though there are political differences between them.'

        In 2005, political differences emerged between Anjar and neighboring
        towns as the city was thought to be part of the March 8 alliance,
        turning it into a politically isolated island within a popular sea
        that supports March 14.Member of the Tashnag party committee in Anjar,
        Harutyun Atanas Lakasian, says that their relationship with the town
        of Majdal Anjar and the rest of the area is `very good. We respect
        each other and we exchange visits,' he says, pointing out that the
        Tashnag party `works to keep the relationship with neighboring areas
        good.'

        He believes that the formerly cold relationship between Anjar and
        neighboring towns was `a normal outcome of the political differences
        that exist among them, specifically after 2005.'

        He explains that the Tashnag's decision to join an electoral alliance
        against the Future Movement led to `cold relations with our neighbors
        but we were able to change this cold relationship to a close one.'

        Lakasian stresses that the Tashnag party in Anjar `does not
        discriminate between the various political parties in the area even
        though there are political differences at times.'


        There Might Be Some Hardships


        In 2005, political differences emerged between Anjar and neighboring
        towns as the city was thought to be part of the March 8 alliance,
        turning it into a politically isolated island within a popular sea
        that supports March 14. Anjar paid a price for this isolation and
        accusation until it managed to overcome this `adversity.'

        Pamboukian says the alliance between the Tashnag and March 8 `did not
        prevent Anjar from building solid ties with neighboring areas whose
        residents support March 14.' He explains: `We are neither allies nor
        enemies with anyone. There are political interests and we don't deny
        that relationships were strained.'

        Pamboukian says that his city has suffered from economic stagnation
        during the past period because `the neighboring areas boycotted us as
        a result of edicts by clergymen.' But he affirmed that the
        relationship today is `very good and we are witnessing economic,
        commercial, and touristic growth.'

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