{"id":3704,"date":"2020-04-24T08:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=3704"},"modified":"2020-04-24T15:22:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:22:03","slug":"the-armenian-genocide-happened-105-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/04\/24\/the-armenian-genocide-happened-105-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"The Armenian genocide happened 105 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1915Final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3705\" width=\"470\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1915Final.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1915Final-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 85vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>105 years ago\u2026 An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were massacred (along with other Ottoman genocides, including about 750 000 Assyrians and 950 000 Greeks: <a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/576278\/pdf\">https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/576278\/pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Bambi pauses to highlight this sad day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She does so with many people around the world, including her friends Nina, Rita, Diana&#8230; and acquaintances from Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, and Beirut: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenian_Genocide\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenian_Genocide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.am\/eng\/news\/574388.html\">https:\/\/news.am\/eng\/news\/574388.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As her close family and friends know, Bambi has a funny childhood nickname (well, it is still used, after all those years, by her sister Roula!). It consists of her real name with \u201cne\u201d at the end (pronounced \u201cnee\u201d). We can even say it, also with \u201cBambi\u201d, which becomes \u201cBambine\u201d. It means: \u201c<em>I am Bambi<\/em>\u201d. You can add it to your own name and you would be introducing yourself in the beautiful Armenian language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyhow, Bambi got her nickname in honour of her love of the Armenian heritage. She takes this honour so seriously that, a few years ago whilst in Toronto, she ended a professional email with this signature by mistake, instead of her first name. Well, she only realized this when her thoughtful colleague asked if that was her &#8220;real&#8221; name in her mother tongue ?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More seriously now, below, you can hear a moving French song that Bambi would like to dedicate to all those who love Armenia. It is by Mr. Patrick Fiori (his mom is of Armenian origins). An English translation of the lyrics follow the video link further below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May all the nations live in peace and dignity. May justice be served\/honoured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Patrick Fiori - Ce Pays Que Je Ne Connais Pas\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J2yShCUNlAg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>It is a country that I do not know <br>\n<\/em><em>It&#8217;s a soul that I carry <br>\nWith each of my steps<br>\nTastes, aromas <br>\nA ghost country, words, silences <br>\nMy childhood songs <br>\nIt has seeped into my veins <br>\nAs much as my blood<br>\nPhotos, shadows <br>\nNames and numbers <br>\nBetween Russian and Persian <br>\nA taste of planet <br>\nSo far from my island <br>\nFar from my days and yet <br>\nI know those mountains <br>\nAnd all the streets of Erevan <br>\nI was only in a dream <br>\nAs the flame is passed<br>\nIt is a country that I do not know <br>\nIt&#8217;s a soul that I carry <br>\nWith each of my steps<br>\nTraffic lights, games <br>\nFarewells, train stations <br>\nAll our history <br>\nIn every memory <br>\nIn our house the brotherhood of exiles <br>\nFaithful names: Sevan, Isabelle <br>\n<br>\nCrosses and angels <br>\nI don&#8217;t know anything about all that <br>\nBut everything is familiar to me<br>\nI know those mountains <br>\nI have recorded Mount Aravat <br>\nIt was just a dream, an image <br>\nA distant mirror<br>\nIt is a country that I do not know <br>\nIt&#8217;s a soul that I carry <br>\nWith each of my steps<br>\nIt is a country that I do not know <br>\nIt&#8217;s a soul that I carry <br>\nWith each of my steps<br>\nIt&#8217;s a past that ties us there <br>\nOne morning I will go for real <br>\nThat will be with you <br>\nWith you\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>105 years ago\u2026 An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were massacred (along with other Ottoman genocides, including about 750 000 Assyrians and 950 000 Greeks: https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/576278\/pdf). Today, Bambi pauses to highlight this sad day. She does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3704"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3732,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions\/3732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}