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From The Homeland Jordan to Much Yearned for Motherland Armenia
The Armenians commemorating the Armenian Genocide Centennial in 2015 followed with Jordanians celebrating the Great Arab Revolt Centennial in 2016. This was not a mere coincidence, given the historical developments that strongly bind the two events.
As a Jordanian scholar of Armenian origin, I was recently engaged in carrying out a study on the Armenian community in Jordan, between integration in the hostland/homeland Jordan and connectivity with the motherland Armenia. The study involved int
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The Sharif’s decree to protect the Armenians is in Jordan’s National Library. Sharif Hussein bin Ali (as mentioned in this article) and his sons Faisal & Abdullah, helped save thousands of Armenian Genocide survivors scattered throughout the Syrian Desert. This story is featured in our new documentary “Crows of the Desert – A Hero’s Journey through the Armenian Genocide.” Based on the Memoirs edited by Levon Parian. Executive Producer Paul G. Turpanjian, Producer, Writer, Director Marta Houske. http://www.CrowsOfTheDesert.com
This important salient article of an Armenian intellectual represent a profound timely and lively display of genuine sentiments as experienced along the long jouney of integration and statehood that needs to be told and advocated as a cherished much valued experience recalling the painful past but taking stocks to going beyond that to the future of looking how Jordan and Jordanians welcomed Armenians and opened the door widely for them and many others to participate in the long process of national integration and the hard cherished work to boost and enrich JORDAN as a sound State in a turbulent region across critical times and during good rewarding times as well. A real-politic in-depth humanitarian perspective with appreciated qualitative research much needed enduring insight.
I am a proud Jordanian Armenian very thankful for the Jordanian people, who out of the whole arab world, welcomed us and treated all armenians with dignity todate, one must be thankful for the royal family, born in Amman,educated in Amman, much respected by my fellow friends the pure jordanians, the genuine arabs, be it christians or moslems love them all.
Congratulations, fantastic report, I was present when that historical cover photo was taken, I am Jordanian Armenian living in Sydney Australia for the last 56 years, but I still call Jordan home.