Sayfo - An Account of the Assyrian Genocide

AvAbed Mshiho Neman Qarabash

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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This text is one of the few surviving eyewitness sources on the Assyrian genocide, written by a seminarian living in greater Tur Abdin (the southeast of today’s Turkish state). The perspective is one that is little known and less discussed. Translated and annotated by a master of Syriac with an in-depth knowledge of modern Assyrian history, this text creates a unique opportunity for new and progressive scholarship. The Assyrian genocide is one of the forgotten atrocities of the 20th century. The physical destruction was but one element; it also caused demographic shifts, loss of territory, generational trauma and linguicide, along with cultural genocide/ethnocide and identity erosion.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-16
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:558 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Alternative Histories: Narratives from the Middle East and Mediterranean
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474447508
Översättare:Michael Abdalla, Łukasz Kiczko, Michael (Associate Professor in the Institute of Cultural Studies Adam Mickiewicz University) Abdalla, Lukasz Kiczko

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Michael Abdalla is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Cultural Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. He has published books in Polish and in Arabic. Łukasz Kiczko is a professional translator

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Western society is increasingly interested in being acquainted with the historical reality of the great tragedies of humanity. This has been one of the worst after the massive holocaust of the Jews during the Nazi era. Therefore, this work can be considered a significant contribution to the subject.

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PrefaceAbout the Diary and AuthorBackground of the RegionDiary of a SeminarianFrom the AuthorThe Emergence and Spread of ChristianityDifficult times: Persecution Suffered by Christianity in Various Periods of HistoryPersecution in the Most Recent Times – the end of the 19th CenturyThe year 1914 – The beginning of the World War IMy diaryEyewitness reports: The story of a road worker named Abed Mshiho, who saw the mostThe Christians of the city of Amida and its subordinate villages – executions and the exodus of the year 1915Extermination of Christians in the villages of the district of Mardin in the year 1914The Sinjar Mountains suffer for ChristiansThe fate of Christian inhabitants of other localitiesPositive and negative attitudes of some participants of the exterminationsBibliographyAnnexes 1–3