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Iheb Guermazi

Iheb Guermazi

Iheb is an architect and author. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the history and theory of art and architecture. Iheb has lived, worked, and written in Tunisia, France, China and the United States. Aside from his architectural practice, he also writes extensively on social and political affairs in Europe and the Middle East.
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  1. I saw the film twice and cannot remember where the “rebellious militia” appeared. The resistance of Armenian villagers–not a militia–on Musa Dagh, escaping to the mountain with their hunting rifles before they were to be forced into the desert, is hardly rebellion. Please remind me of any scenes I may have forgotten.

  2. I think it reached out to those who knew little or nothing of the circumstances of the genocide that remained hidden by the great conflict of WWI and the subsequent political events. It would be interesting to conduct a survey of the number of non Armenians who actually watched it. The film was not widely distributed. In my town in the UK, there was a huge poster at the station,but the film was not shown at the cinema. That was the weak link. A memorial, an annual commemoration, a vigil, are acts of remembrance. To appeal to a non Armenian audience, the approach has to be nuanced.

  3. A sincere and accurate analysis. The only plus to us as Armenians is that “The Promise” is the first and so far the best attempt to attract attention to the Armenian genocide. Hopefully it’ll be a stepping stone to many more such movie productions with more emphasis on the genocide theme.

  4. You seem to be rejecting Franz Werfel’s approach in The 40 Days of Musa Dagh. He was focussing on resistance, not on the likely more common phenomenon of the response of helplessness, resignation to one’s fate and so on.

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