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		<title>Պատմության մեջ առաջին անգամ մեր թաղ թաղապետ ոտք դրեց</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Արձագանքելով բնակիչների մտահոգություններին, Արաբկիր վարչական շրջանի ղեկավար Հրայր Անտոնյանը, աշխատանքային շրջայց է կատարել Արաբկիր 41 փողոցում, ծանոթացել խնդիրներին և հանձնարարել բակում աղբի կուտակումը բացառելու նպատակով ավելացնել ևս 2 աղբարկղ, մաքրել տարածքը, վերականգնել հարակից շինարարության հետևանքով քայքայված ճանապարհը, լուծել էլեկտրական հաղորդալարերի հենասյուների անվտանգության ապահովման հարցերը: 75-ամյա բնակիչ Գասպար Մաղաքյանն ասում է, որ առաջին անգամ է նման [...]]]></description>
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<p>Արձագանքելով բնակիչների մտահոգություններին, Արաբկիր վարչական շրջանի ղեկավար Հրայր Անտոնյանը, աշխատանքային շրջայց է կատարել Արաբկիր 41 փողոցում, ծանոթացել խնդիրներին և հանձնարարել բակում աղբի կուտակումը բացառելու նպատակով ավելացնել ևս 2 աղբարկղ, մաքրել տարածքը, վերականգնել հարակից շինարարության հետևանքով քայքայված ճանապարհը, լուծել էլեկտրական հաղորդալարերի հենասյուների անվտանգության ապահովման հարցերը:</p>
<p>75-ամյա բնակիչ Գասպար Մաղաքյանն ասում է, որ առաջին անգամ է նման բան պատահում իրենց փողոցում.&lt;Հայրենադարձվելով հայերնիք 1948 թվից այս փողոցում եմ բնակվում. այն առաջին մարդկանցից եմ եղել, որ հիմք եմ դրել այս փողոցի ստեղծմանը&gt;,-Գասպար պապը հույսեր է կապում նորանշանակ, երիտասարդ ղեկավարի հետ. &lt;Լավ, պարզ աչքեր ուներ, ինչ չէր կարող անել՝ չէր խոստանում: Ճիշտ է շատ վատ է, որ մեր թաղում փողոցային լուսավորություն չկա, շատ են վախենում կանայք, աղջիկները, ինչու՞ չէ մենք էլ ենք վախում այդ մթին դուրս գանք, բայց ասեց, որ դեռեւս հնարավոր չի: Կարող էր չէ՞ սուտ խոստում տալ&gt;:</p>
<p>Արաբկիր 41 փողոցում մեկ ամիս առաջ մահացած մարդու դիակ էին գտել, որին սպանելով բերել, թողել էին այդտեղ՝ նախկին գործող գնացքի գծերի վրա: Բնակիչները ահաբեկվել էին. պատճառը փնտրել-գտել են. &lt;Քանի որ շուրջ բոլորը շինարարություն է, շինարարական աղբ, լուսավորություն չկա, մի տեսակ անտեր-անտիրական թաղամաս ենք դարձել դրա համար էլ հենց այստեղ էին բերել դիակը&gt;:</p>
<p>Բնակիչները խնդրեցին Արաբկիր վարչական շրջանի ղեկավարին լուծել նաեւ ոռոգման ջրի խնդիրը. &lt;Տարիներ շարունակ ունեցել ենք, բայց մոտ 8 տարի է չունենք, բոլոր ծառերը չորացել են&gt;:</p>
<p>Թաղում ավանդույթ է եղել ամեն բնակիչ իր տան առջեւ երեքից-տասը բարդի է տնկել, ծառերը մեծացել, փարթամացել էին, եւ թաղը հենց այդ հավասար շարքով տնկած բարդիներով էր հայտնի: Ոռոգման ջուր չլինելու պատճառով չորացած բարդիները փորձանք են դարձած եղել թաղի բնակիչների  համար մինչեւ կտրելը: &lt;Տանից դույլերով ջուր ենք կրում, ջրում ծառերը որքան կարող ենք &gt;:</p>
<p>Հրայր Անտոնյանը խոստացել է բնակիչներին ամռանը զբաղվել նաեւ թաղի ոռոգման ջրի խնդրով:</p>
<p>&lt;Կարեւորը եկավ, իր աչքով տեսավ, գիտի որ դեռ խնդիրներ մնում են, վստահ ենք կհիշի, քանի որ շատ հասկացող, լսող,թասիբով մարդ էր երեւում&gt;,-ասում են բնակիչները:</p>
<p>Խնդիրներից մեկը մեծ փոսերով, քարուքանդ տարածությունն է, որտեղ հետագայում հավանաբար պետք է շենք կառուցվի, Արաբկիր վարչական շրջանի ղեկավարն ասաց, որ կհանձնարարի պարզել, թե ում է պատկանում այդ տարածությունը:</p>
<p>Արաբկիր 41-ում ուրախ, ոգեւորված տրամադրություն է, բնակիչները վստահ են, որ Անտոնյանը կատարելու է բոլոր խոստումներն ու դեռ մի բան էլ ավել. &lt;Սրանից հետո գիտենք, որ կա մեկը, ում կարելի է դիմել&gt;:</p>
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		<title>Indirect Genocide Recognition?</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2011/07/21/indirect-genocide-recognition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blogian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armenian Genocide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States House Foreign Affairs Committee has passed (43 yes; 1 no) an amendment calling on Turkey to return Christian properties to their rightful owners. That would be 2,200 Armenian sites (a number concluded from statistical research instructed by Turkey’s Interior Ministry to Archbishop Maghakia Ormanian from the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople during 1912-1913), [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The United States House Foreign Affairs Committee has <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gi8JU7yJ6VLSb2kSoSUHpGVswLAQ?docId=CNG.4606251422e989ed20c78d825f56ec8e.c81">passed</a> (43 yes; 1 no) an amendment calling on Turkey to return Christian properties to their rightful owners. That would be <strong>2,200 Armenian sites</strong> (a number concluded from statistical research instructed by Turkey’s Interior Ministry to Archbishop Maghakia Ormanian from the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople during 1912-1913), as well as hundreds of Greek and Assyrians properties.</p>
<p>Kudos to the Armenian National Committee of America for <a href="http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=2048">initiating</a> the &#8220;return of churches&#8221; campaign. While the U.S. government is very careful not to use the term &#8220;genocide,&#8221; <strong>genocide recognition can be achieved indirectly</strong>, such as addressing the cultural loss caused by the genocide. Turkey understands the last point very well; that probably explains the official Turkish <a href="http://www.washington.emb.mfa.gov.tr/ShowAnnouncement.aspx?ID=127870">anxiety</a> over the issue.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, <strong>Turkey must preserve its diverse heritage</strong> &#8211; with or without acknowledging the Armenian genocide. In 1969 Turkey signed the International Treaty for the Preservation of Cultural Monuments. Moreover, Turkey has also signed the United Nations <a href="http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/drip.html">Declaration</a> on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which underscores indigenous peoples&#8217; &#8220;right to maintain, protect, and have access in privacy to their religious and cultural sites.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Jack Kevorkian and the Armenian Genocide</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2011/06/05/jack-kevorkian-and-the-armenian-genocide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blogian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don't know Jack Kevorkian until you know the Armenian Genocide. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You don&#8217;t know Jack Kevorkian until you know the Armenian Genocide.</p>
<p>Jack &#8220;Dr. Death&#8221; Kevorkian passed away yesterday. While most news organizations are mentioning his Armenian parents, few are reporting that the Kevorkians were survivors of the Armenian genocide.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogian.hayastan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kevorkian.jpg"><img title="kevorkian" src="http://blogian.hayastan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kevorkian.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="720" /></a></p>
<p>The HBO movie &#8220;You Don&#8217;t Know Jack&#8221; alludes to the influence of the Armenian genocide over Kevorkian&#8217;s work. When, during his trial, defense compares Kevorkian&#8217;s work to genocide, he, portrayed by Al Pacino, becomes extremely angry. How dare they compare compassionate killing with intended destruction of an entire nation?</p>
<p>Kevorkian&#8217;s own art (see the photo above I took) reflects his connection to the Armenian genocide. An oil, displayed at the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) in Watertown, Massachusetts, depicts Nazi and Young Turkish hands holding the hair of a beheaded figure. The Nazi hand reads 1945, the end of the Holocaust, and the Turkish hand reads 1915 &#8211; the start of the Armenian Genocide.</p>
<p>While Kevorkian has said that his decision to assist terminally-ill patients has roots in his own&#8217;s mother&#8217;s suffering from cancer, the murder of the Armenian nation has probably influenced his obsession over death. Interestingly, genocide &#8211; the intended and often cruel destruction of a collectivity, in some ways, is the complete opposite of doctor-assisted suicide.</p>
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		<title>Djulfa stories</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2011/05/16/djulfa-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 03:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Policy Journal has published my latest on the destruction of Djulfa. Earlier this year, Ararat Magazine published my article on Djulfa discussing the new satellite evidence and UNESCO&#8217;s inaction.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Foreign Policy Journal</em> has published my <a href="http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/05/16/war-against-history-is-no-path-to-peace/">latest</a> on the destruction of Djulfa. Earlier this year, <em>Ararat Magazine</em> published my <a href="http://araratmagazine.org/2011/03/silenced-sacred-stones/">article</a> on Djulfa discussing the new satellite evidence and UNESCO&#8217;s inaction.</p>
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		<title>Armenian-Azerbaijani Diplomaski</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2011/03/06/armenian-azerbaijani-diplomaski/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blogian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a year of skirmishes and angry rhetoric in the Nagorno-Karabakh territorial conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan have released a hopeful joint statement, committing to &#8221;resolve all controversial questions in a peaceful manner.&#8221; One can&#8217;t help but wonder whether the power of the white powder of Sochi, the Russian resort of the 2014 Winter Olympics, has engendered [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a year of skirmishes and angry rhetoric in the Nagorno-Karabakh territorial conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan have <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUV9yQZCMk_V1rdYRrjEAuHl94Uw?docId=CNG.5202a65c8d4fc875936fd8f48bfa74e2.b51">released</a> a hopeful joint statement, committing to &#8221;resolve all controversial questions in a peaceful manner.&#8221;</p>
<p>One can&#8217;t help but wonder whether the power of the white powder of Sochi, the Russian resort of the 2014 Winter Olympics, has engendered positivity that has lacked in previous meetings. According to media <a href="http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/63334/">reports</a>, Azerbaijani president Aliyev joined the host, Russian president Medvedev, in skiing while Armenian president enjoyed snowmobiling. Not that either of the South Caucasus presidents need more partying, but partaking in joint recreational activities is seemingly a good way forward.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogian.hayastan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/diplomaski.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1853" title="diplomaski" src="http://blogian.hayastan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/diplomaski.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="276" /></a> via <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//110305/ids_photos_wl/r1438822229.jpg/">Reuters</a></p>
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		<title>UNESCO&#8217;s Disappointing Reply to Djulfa Petition</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2011/02/28/unescos-disappointing-reply-to-djulfa-petition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Genocide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNESCO, the organization charged with protecting global heritage, fails to condemn the deliberate destruction of the magnificent medieval Djulfa cemetery. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>UNESCO, the organization charged with protecting our global heritage, has finally responded to the <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/235/907/968/">December 2010 petition</a> asking it to hold Azerbaijan responsible for deliberately destroying the magnificent medieval Djulfa (Old Jugha) cemetery by officially discontinuing addition of monuments from Azerbaijan to the World Heritage List.</p>
<p>While the UNESCO letter says protection of Armenian heritage is of &#8220;constant concern&#8221; and acknowledges having received prior inquiries, it beats the same ineffective drum of calling on Azerbaijan to let UNESCO investigate the site of the cemetery &#8211; which is tantamount to inaction since Azerbaijan has consistently denied access to the cemetery and will continue to do so. That&#8217;s exactly why the American Association for the Advancement of Science used satellite techonology to <a href="http://shr.aaas.org/geotech/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.shtml">investigate</a> the destruction.</p>
<p>It is disappointing to see UNESCO unwilling to condemn the destruction of Djulfa, let alone hold Azerbaijan accountable for it.  Very disappointing.</p>
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		<title>UNESCO May Finally Break Silence on Djulfa Destruction</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2011/01/30/unesco-may-finally-break-silence-on-djulfa-destruction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks at UNESCO have notified me that an official reply is being drafted to the petition that calls on them to discontinue adding further monuments from Azerbaijan to the World Heritage List until Baku acknowledges and punished the destruction of the world&#8217;s largest medieval Armenian cemetery, Djulfa, which was reconfirmed by the American Association [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The folks at UNESCO have notified me that an official reply is being drafted to the <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/235/907/968/">petition</a> that calls on them to discontinue adding further monuments from Azerbaijan to the World Heritage List until Baku acknowledges and punished the <a href="http://www.djulfa.com">destruction</a> of the world&#8217;s largest medieval Armenian cemetery, Djulfa, which was reconfirmed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science satellite <a href="http://shr.aaas.org/geotech/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.shtml">study</a> last month.</p>
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		<title>Satellite Images Attest to Djulfa&#8217;s Disappearance</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2010/12/10/satellite-images-attest-to-djulfas-disappearance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Satellite data conclusively confirms the destruction of the medieval Djulfa cemetery in Azerbaijan. UNESCO can no longer justify its silence. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Five years after <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZu2zqFE_gI">Azerbaijan&#8217;s war against defenseless medieval Armenian burial monuments, khachkars</a>, <a href="http://shr.aaas.org/geotech/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.shtml">the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has released satellite image comparison and analysis where</a>, in the 2009 data, no trace of the Djulfa cemetery remains.</p>
<p>AAAS&#8217; <a href="http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2010/1208azerbaijan.shtml">press release</a> reads, in part:</p>
<blockquote><p>A high-resolution satellite image of a medieval Armenian cemetery in Azerbaijan taken in September 2003 shows hundreds of khachkars, intricate 15th and 16th century burial monuments. In a satellite image from May 2009, however, the khachkars are missing, suggesting that they were either destroyed or removed.</p>
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<p>“Geospatial images allow us to shed light on regions that are not accessible, providing a visualization tool for events or circumstances that are important to bring to the public’s attention but which, without some visual evidence, are less likely to attract attention and interest,” said Jessica Wyndham, senior project director of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program.</p></blockquote>
<p>The satellite data has been reposted on <a href="http://www.djulfa.com/satellite/">http://www.djulfa.com/satellite/</a> &#8211; images are sharpened for clearness:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.djulfa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Djulfa-cemetery-satellite-data.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" title="Djulfa cemetery satellite data" src="http://www.djulfa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Djulfa-cemetery-satellite-data-271x300.jpg" alt="" width="271" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><em>In September of 2003 (upper data), the central area of the Djulfa graveyard appears to have sustained significant damage, but the areas to the northeast and southwest remain largely intact. By May of 2009 (lower data), however, the entire area has been graded flat, apparently by earthmoving equipment.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.djulfa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Djulfa-southwestern-portion.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" title="Djulfa southwestern portion" src="http://www.djulfa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Djulfa-southwestern-portion-273x300.jpg" alt="" width="273" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><em>A close-up of the southwestern portion of the cemetery clearly shows the extent to which the area has been scoured. Upper data from 2003; lower data from 2009.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.djulfa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Djulfa-northwestern-portion.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" title="Djulfa northwestern portion " src="http://www.djulfa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Djulfa-northwestern-portion-272x300.jpg" alt="" width="272" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><em>The northwestern area of the Djulfa cemetery in Azerbaijan has also been completely demolished. Upper data from 2003; lower data from 2009.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The AAAS team has also put together a video where Susan Wolfinbarger, senior program associate for the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project, a part of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program, explains their methodology and findings.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">While Djulfa&#8217;s destruction was until now <a href="http://www.djulfa.com/">well-documented</a>, the AAAS study conclusively, scientifically, and objectively confirms what Azerbaijan can no longer deny without ridiculing itself and what UNESCO &#8211; the organization charged with protecting our global heritage &#8211; can no longer keep silence on without discrediting its mission.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What UNESCO must do is to tell Azerbaijan that the former won&#8217;t add any new monuments from the latter to the World Heritage List until Azerbaijan&#8217;s authorities acknowledge the destruction at Djulfa and prosecute the perpetrators of this crime against world culture. That&#8217;s what the petition at <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/235/907/968/">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/235/907/968/</a> demands and I hope that you will take one minute to add your signature to it.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Djulfa cemetery no longer is; the satellite imagery can no longer be denied, and UNESCO can no longer keep its mouth shut. <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/235/907/968/">Please unshut UNESCO&#8217;s mouth by taking action. </a></p>
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		<title>Broken Stones &#8211; a Music Video on the Destruction of Djulfa</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2010/11/28/broken-stones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got word from a friend of mine that his colleague Alexis Hirschhorn, a Belgian consultant, has made a music video commemorating the destruction of Djulfa cemetery in Azerbaijan. Based on the footage of my The New Tears Araxes film (2006), Hirschhorn says his video is meant &#8220;to inform my non-Armenians friends of this tragedy, [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got word from a friend of mine that his colleague Alexis Hirschhorn, a Belgian consultant, has made a music video commemorating the destruction of Djulfa cemetery in Azerbaijan. </p>
<p>Based on the footage of my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZu2zqFE_gI">The New Tears Araxes film (2006)</a>, Hirschhorn says his video is meant &#8220;to inform my non-Armenians friends of this tragedy, and on the 1915 Armenian genocide which like the destruction of Djulfa is still denied by its perpetrators. I thought it could have an impact specially now that we are nearing the 5th anniversary of Djulfa&#8217;s destruction. Also I think it was interesting for my Armenians friends to see a non-Armenian perspective on this.&#8221; </p>
<p>Although written and performed in French, the video has English subtitle with Spanish subtitle to follow soon.</p>
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		<title>Once Upon a Time in Anatolia &#8211; Photos of Ottoman Armenia</title>
		<link>http://blogian.hayastan.com/2010/11/27/once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia-photos-of-ottoman-armenia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Facebook group in Turkish called Once upon a time Armenians in Anatolia has photographs and postcards of new and old Armenian culture in eastern Turkey.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Facebook group in Turkish called <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=297491638134">Once upon a time Armenians in Anatolia</a> has photographs and postcards of new and old Armenian culture in eastern Turkey.  </p>
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