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Armenians in North and East Syria are reviving their culture

   
Kurdish Press, Belgium July 14 2022
Armenians in North and East Syria are trying to revive their culture through Armenian language courses. The students emphasize the importance of preserving Armenian culture and spreading it and say that they are happy with this opportunity provided by the Autonomous Administration.

The Armenian Community Council of North and East Syria launched the first Armenian language courses this June. The Council tries to teach Armenians the Armenian language and train teachers. The course will last 3 months and will be taught 4 hours a day.

25 people who participated in the courses stated that this course is an important step for the Armenian language and culture. They also expressed their happiness with this opportunity after they were deprived of it due to the policies of assimilation and genocide that were carried out against them.

Patil Girigor said: "This course is very important for the revival of Armenian culture and its preservation. Especially after we were deprived of it due to the previous systems. This course is very important for us so that we can speak our language like other groups."

Hayik Sosiyan also expressed his happiness and said: "This is the first time we are participating in Armenian language courses. This happened thanks to the Autonomous Administration, which gave us the opportunity to learn our language after many years of deprivation." Sosiyan explained that the Armenian culture and language were disappearing due to the massacre of 1915 by the Ottoman state and the racist policy in Syria.

Students call on the Autonomous Administration to include the Armenian language in official teaching materials so that the Armenian language can spread.

With the beginning of the July 19th Revolution, Armenians also took their place in the revolution. Side by side in the same trench with other components, they defended the region. The revolution gave Armenians the opportunity to gain their rights and actively participate in the administration.

https://www.hawarnews.com/en/haber/armenians-in-north-and-east-syria-are-reviving-their-culture-h31762.html

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Armenian News note: You can watch the video report in Arabic at this link: 
في ظل الإدارة الذاتية لشمال وشرق سوريا.. الأرمن يحيون ثقافتهم المندثرة 
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS