Armenian Life August 17, 2009
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Armenian Cemetery October 2, 2007
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Dance May 8, 2007
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My friend and me attended an Armenian dance group, and here are some pictures from the energetic moments.
The Arabic Presentation of The Jazz Estrada Music Program November 17, 2006
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Sharrukin was right to mention that where is the Arabic (at least) version of the program, if we are promoting exchange of cultures.
Arabic was here, but not on the cover (I admit this is mistake!).
I am posting the inside pages, where the word of the club, the names of the participants, and the program is translated and printed in Arabic.
Jazz-Pop Band Show November 12, 2006
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My friend and I were present at a concert of jazz, pop, and armenian folklore songs and music. It is very important in Syria, to exchange cultural relations between many kinds of people residing here.
Something From History. Ard Alajjour Quarter October 29, 2006
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Ard Alajjour is an old quarter in Aleppo, once lived here Armenians. Here they first came in 1915. A church was built then, which is still working.
St. Mary Armenian Church September 10, 2006
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Syrian Mufti Commemorated Armenian Genocide Victims September 5, 2006
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/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Sheikh Ahmed Badr-Eddine Hassun, who is on visit to Holy Echmiadzin at the moment, has attended the Memorial to the Armenian Genocide victims in Yerevan He wrote a note in the Honor Book and commemorated the Genocide victims.
“If all the peoples followed their religion there would be no pogroms. The Armenian people should overcome the pain, revive and build Armenia with peace,” said the Syrian spiritual leader.
Not Forgotten April 24, 2006
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The Armenian Genocide (also known as the Armenian Holocaust or the Armenian Massacre) is a term which refers to the forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds of thousands or over a million Armenians, during the government of the Young Turks from 1915 to 1917 in the Ottoman Empire.
Most Armenian, Russian, Western, and an increasing number of Turkish scholars believe that the massacres were a case of genocide. For example, most Western sources point to the sheer scale of the death toll. The event is also said to be the second-most studied case of genocide, and often draws comparison with the Holocaust. To date 24 countries, as discussed below, have officially recognized and accepted its authenticity as Genocide.
Several facts in connection with the event are a matter of ongoing dispute between parts of the international community and Turkey. Although it is generally agreed that events said to comprise what is termed the Armenian Genocide did occur, the Turkish government rejects that it was genocide, on the alleged basis that the deaths among the Armenians were not a result of a state-sponsored plan of mass extermination, but of inter-ethnic strife, disease and famine during the turmoil of World War I.
Whether or not the terminology of genocide is acceptable to the Turkish government, there is no question that the forces of the Ottoman empire subjected the native Armenian population to atrocities and crimes against humanity of a magnitute and proportion unrivaled in history.
The passage is from Wikepedia.org Online Encyclopedia.
To Read more go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide
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Syria Independence Day April 17, 2006
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Armenian Youth Club presented a parade for the independence day, and also its 85-th anniversary.
