Sayfo - An Account of the Assyrian Genocide
Abed Mshiho Neman of Qarabash, Michael Abdalla, Łukasz Kiczko
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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Year:
2021
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
272
ISBN 10:
147444752X
ISBN 13:
9781474447522
Series:
Alternative Histories: Narratives from the Middle East and Mediterranean
File:
PDF, 6.54 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2021