WASHINGTON (A.W.)—“Grandma’s Tattoos,” a Swedish production directed by Suzanne Khardalian, is now available online in full, and can be watched on Al Jazeera’s website.
Al Jazeera English is an international round-the-clock English-language news and current affairs TV channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Launched in 2006, it reaches around a billion English-speaking viewers.
“Grandma’s Tattoos” (2011), a 58-minute-long documentary, chronicles Khardalian’s quest to uncover the atrocities that scarred her grandmother, a woman who bore “devilish marks”—tattoos on her face and hands—that were the persistent reminders of a time in captivity and rape during the Armenian Genocide. Much of her experiences remain a mystery to her progeny, but the few tidbits Khardalian discovered years after her grandmother’s death are but a faint yet terrifying echo of the hellish occurrences that haunted the survivors to the grave.
“Witness,” the Al Jazeera program that features “Grandma’s Tattoos,” screens award-winning documentaries that present realities often in conflict- or disaster-stricken regions, from Nairobi to Palestine, Japan to Somalia, Libya to Turkey.
Who can Salvage
How can any one salvage
All the humans’ bones of Der-Zor
All the DNA…s
It is a tale…
But unbelievable
Horrible
Unsalvigable
Out of any dictionary
Any history
Who can imagine
How these people died
How much they suffered
How they prayed
How they cried
Where was god at that moment
Deaf and dumb…!
Praising slayers to kill the innocents…!
I can’t understand
And I will never …
Till I sigh…
Sylva-MD-Poetry
Where is the link for the full online version ? there are many people who do not have access to Al Jazeera and they want to watch the film.
Many Armenians know Arabic…If you know, you can read the article in Arabic
about Armenian grandmothers published recently…
Sylva
http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Article.aspx?id=715853&date=29062011
Link to video: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2012/01/201219114241618276.html
Suzane Khardalian was on Armenian TV…Yesterday…July 15, 2012
She is really a wonderful lady…
Natural and dedicated…
Although my beloved can’t understand the language…
But just watching her …He said she is special…
And Armenians should be proud of her…
And we are all proud…
Sylva