Sayfo - An Account of the Assyrian Genocide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781474447508)

This text is one of the few surviving eyewitness sources on the Assyrian genocide, written by a seminarian living in greater Tur Abdin (the southeast of today's Turkish state). The perspective is one that is little known and less discussed. Translated and annotated by a master of Syriac with an in-depth knowledge of modern Assyrian history, this text creates a unique opportunity for new and progressive scholarship. The Assyrian genocide is one of the forgotten atrocities of the 20th century. The physical destruction was but one element; it also caused demographic shifts, loss of territory, generational trauma and linguicide, along with cultural genocide/ethnocide and identity erosion.

Author: Abed Mshiho Neman Qarabash
ISBN-10: 1474447503
ISBN-13: 9781474447508
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d