“Continuity, Escalation, and Local Actors: The Hamidian Massacres and the Armenian Genocide”

Mehmet Polatel

2019-2020 Center Junior Postdoctoral Research Fellow

April 13, 2020

Wasy Mustafa Moshe speaks to USC Shoah Foundation from the Gawilan Refugee Camp in Iraq. Wasy, his wife and daughters all fled from their home in Syria and lived in a makeshift camp at a school, before arriving at Gawilan.

Shirin Mustafa speaks to USC Shoah Foundation after escaping from her home in Syria. Shirin and her family of seven are now internally displaced, living in a makeshift shelter in a school.

53 year-old Salem Farhan Muhammad speaks to USC Shoah Foundation after fleeing from Syria, leaving behind his father. He and his remaining family are now living in the Bardarash Refugee Camp in Iraq.

28 year-old Rozheen speaks to USC Shoah Foundation after fleeing Syria with her family. Rozheen, her husband, and their four kids are now living in the Bardarash refugee camp in Iraq, unsure of when, or if, they will be able to return home.

The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will feature full access to the public of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive (VHA) of over 54,000 testimonies. One of the world’s leading Armenian Studies centers, NAASR advances education and scholarship through supporting and connecting scholars globally and providing outstanding programming to the general public.  NAASR plans to conduct outreach with schools, colleges, libraries, and other institutions in order to spread awareness about the availability of the VHA at NAASR’s headquarters.

My grandmother, Hana, taught me to be alone, to be able to sit in my space and observe all around. She taught me to describe what I see — the stacks of history books, cards sent from friends, photos of my family, vinyls stacked high, and the flowers from my last trip to the grocery store. She taught me to take an interest in the simple parts of life and to find symbolism and comfort in the mundane.

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