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Azad-Hye, United Arab Emirates
Jan 28 2006
Syrian Armenians > Echoes of the Armenian Genocide in the Syrian
Press (1877-1930)
AZAD-HYE, Dubai, 28 January 2006: More than a year ago we reported
about a new book published in Arabic about the Armenian Genocide by
known scholar Dr. Nora Arissian.
"Echoes of the Armenian Genocide in the Syrian Press (1877-1930)"
(published in November 2004 by "Al Zakira" Printing House, Lebanon),
was one of the most important publications dedicated to the 90th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It was the result of the young
author's incessant research in the Syrian archives, including the
press (specifically the period 1877-1930), an important and almost
unexplored source for Genocide documentation.
Dubai based `Al Bayan' Arabic language daily in its 25th January 2006
issue (`Book Supplement') has provided the Arab reader with a
comprehensive introduction about the book.
It is worth mentioning that Dr. Nora Arissian has visited Dubai and
Abu Dhabi in April 2004, during which she lectured on the subject of
the Armenian Genocide in front of the Armenian audience.
Below is a summary of the book in English, followed with the text as
appeared in the Arabic wide spread newspaper.
The Syrians witnessed the Ottoman atrocities and the sufferings that
befall on both the Armenian and the local Arab population. This fact
had led the researcher to examine more than 30 Syrian political
publications, collecting and analyzing relevant information.
Many Syrian writers, journalists and columnists have found it
imperative to describe those atrocious events, the last episodes of
which occurred on Syrian itself (Der Ez-zor, Margada, Maskana and
other places evoke awful feelings among the Armenians).
This book is a logical continuation of another book by the same
author published in the year 2002 and carried the title: "The
atrocities of the Armenians in the Syrian mind. The position of the
Syrian Intellectuals toward the Armenian genocide".
The official Syrian periodicals of the time, such as "Al Asima",
"Alef Baa" and "Al Muktabas" (all issued in the capital Damascus) had
hosted hundred of articles concerning the Armenians: details of the
massacres, the deportations and the eventual settlement in the main
cities of the country.
There are revealing articles describing how Armenians were tortured
during their deportation trail to the Syrian wasteland. It is worth
mentioning that the local Arab population protected the unlucky
refugees and tried to save as many souls as they could, by offering
shelter and means of survival.
Dr. Arissian notes that the Syrian periodicals did not hesitate to
name what was happening as "Genocide" (as early as 1916), besides
other expressions such as "extermination", "uprooting of the race",
"annihilation", etc.
The main headings of the chapters:
Introduction
Part I
The massacres of the Armenians in the Syrian periodicals (1877-1915)
1- The Syrian periodicals and the Armenians
2- The condition of the Armenians, their deportation and statistics
3- The position of the Syrians toward the Armenians and the Turkism
policy executed against them
4- The echoes of the deportation and the massacres of the Armenians
in the Syrian Diaspora press (Brazil and France)
Part II
The explanation of Armenian genocide in the Syrian periodicals
(1915-1930)
1- The ways of torture, the reasons and the results of the genocide
2- Description of the Armenians deportation, massacres and statistic
3- The massacres of the Armenians in the Syrian Diaspora press
4- The settlement of the deported Armenians in Syria and the position
of the Syrians toward them
Other chapters: Conclusion, Bibliography of the articles, Texts of
some articles, List of the studied Syrian periodicals
Jan 28 2006
Syrian Armenians > Echoes of the Armenian Genocide in the Syrian
Press (1877-1930)
AZAD-HYE, Dubai, 28 January 2006: More than a year ago we reported
about a new book published in Arabic about the Armenian Genocide by
known scholar Dr. Nora Arissian.
"Echoes of the Armenian Genocide in the Syrian Press (1877-1930)"
(published in November 2004 by "Al Zakira" Printing House, Lebanon),
was one of the most important publications dedicated to the 90th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It was the result of the young
author's incessant research in the Syrian archives, including the
press (specifically the period 1877-1930), an important and almost
unexplored source for Genocide documentation.
Dubai based `Al Bayan' Arabic language daily in its 25th January 2006
issue (`Book Supplement') has provided the Arab reader with a
comprehensive introduction about the book.
It is worth mentioning that Dr. Nora Arissian has visited Dubai and
Abu Dhabi in April 2004, during which she lectured on the subject of
the Armenian Genocide in front of the Armenian audience.
Below is a summary of the book in English, followed with the text as
appeared in the Arabic wide spread newspaper.
The Syrians witnessed the Ottoman atrocities and the sufferings that
befall on both the Armenian and the local Arab population. This fact
had led the researcher to examine more than 30 Syrian political
publications, collecting and analyzing relevant information.
Many Syrian writers, journalists and columnists have found it
imperative to describe those atrocious events, the last episodes of
which occurred on Syrian itself (Der Ez-zor, Margada, Maskana and
other places evoke awful feelings among the Armenians).
This book is a logical continuation of another book by the same
author published in the year 2002 and carried the title: "The
atrocities of the Armenians in the Syrian mind. The position of the
Syrian Intellectuals toward the Armenian genocide".
The official Syrian periodicals of the time, such as "Al Asima",
"Alef Baa" and "Al Muktabas" (all issued in the capital Damascus) had
hosted hundred of articles concerning the Armenians: details of the
massacres, the deportations and the eventual settlement in the main
cities of the country.
There are revealing articles describing how Armenians were tortured
during their deportation trail to the Syrian wasteland. It is worth
mentioning that the local Arab population protected the unlucky
refugees and tried to save as many souls as they could, by offering
shelter and means of survival.
Dr. Arissian notes that the Syrian periodicals did not hesitate to
name what was happening as "Genocide" (as early as 1916), besides
other expressions such as "extermination", "uprooting of the race",
"annihilation", etc.
The main headings of the chapters:
Introduction
Part I
The massacres of the Armenians in the Syrian periodicals (1877-1915)
1- The Syrian periodicals and the Armenians
2- The condition of the Armenians, their deportation and statistics
3- The position of the Syrians toward the Armenians and the Turkism
policy executed against them
4- The echoes of the deportation and the massacres of the Armenians
in the Syrian Diaspora press (Brazil and France)
Part II
The explanation of Armenian genocide in the Syrian periodicals
(1915-1930)
1- The ways of torture, the reasons and the results of the genocide
2- Description of the Armenians deportation, massacres and statistic
3- The massacres of the Armenians in the Syrian Diaspora press
4- The settlement of the deported Armenians in Syria and the position
of the Syrians toward them
Other chapters: Conclusion, Bibliography of the articles, Texts of
some articles, List of the studied Syrian periodicals
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