{"id":36189,"date":"2021-01-21T11:27:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lousavor-avedis.org\/?p=36189"},"modified":"2021-01-21T12:32:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T12:32:05","slug":"shemmassians-book-examines-the-history-of-the-armenians-of-musa-dagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lousavor-avedis.org\/?p=36189","title":{"rendered":"Shemmassian\u2019s Book Examines the History of the Armenians of Musa Dagh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shemmassian\u2019s Book Examines the History of the Armenians of Musa Dagh<\/p>\n

January 20, 2021 – \/To the UN \u2013 On demarcation of the border between the State of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Vahram Shemmassian, head of the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Northridge, explores the history of Armenian resistance in the Musa Dagh region of the Ottoman Empire in his latest book, reported CSUN Today.<\/p>\n

Book cover for Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915
\n\u201cThe Armenians of Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915\u201d is the second book by the Armenian scholar that chronicles the lives of the Armenian people living in the Ottoman Empire, as well as their resistance during the Armenian genocide. His first book in the series was \u201cThe Musa Dagh Armenians: A Socioeconomic and Cultural History, 1919-1939.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shemmassian said he sees parallels between what happened 100 years ago to what is happening today in the region, with the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh sandwiched between the two states.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurkey has been providing Azerbaijan with arms, and terrorists from Syria to help dispose of Armenians and, more specifically, to ethnically cleanse the country in order to obtain land,\u201d he said. \u201cThe same resistance against tyranny and extermination that happened in the past is occurring again now, as an attempt to fully dispose of Armenian culture and the people apart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Armenians of Musa Dagh\u201d is a comprehensive history of the people of Musa Dagh, who rose to prominence with their resistance to the genocide in 1915. Shemmassian presents a thorough analysis of the social, economic, religious, educational, and political history of the six villages that constituted Armenian Musa Dagh. He focuses on the important period of the mid-19th to the early 20th century, offering new insights into the people whose courage and persistence ultimately led to their successful self-defense.<\/p>\n

The last (and longest) chapter of his book details the Armenian resistance to genocide, he said.
\n\u201cWe are all angry about what\u2019s happening with Armenia and Azerbaijan, because they are finishing what Turkey started during World War I,\u201d Shemmassian said. \u201cMany war crimes were committed against Armenia last year, almost identical to the genocide that was happening a century ago.<\/p>\n

In addition to his work, Shemmassian pointed to \u201cThe Forty Days of Musa Dagh, \u201d a novel by Franz Werfel that tells the struggles the Armenian community faced, as a work that can help people understand, on a more intimate level, what happened to the Armenian people during the genocide.<\/p>\n

The publication of \u201cThe Armenians of Musa Dagh\u201d comes on the heels of an anonymous $3 million gift to CSUN\u2019s Armenian Studies Program, to support research and scholarships for students.<\/p>\n

Shemmassian said he hopes his books provide a historical context for what is happening in Armenia today, as the past continues to influence Armenians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe final product, the publication of my books, is the most fulfilling feeling that one can have,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are a legacy. At some point, we all die. I\u2019m glad that I\u2019m leaving something behind for future generations to read and learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

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