Arabs & Armenians of Singapore | Singapore Mosaic | Full Episode

For 200 years, the Arabs and the Armenians have built a bond with Singapore. We examine what it takes for them to preserve that legacy and heritage today.
As Singapore commemorates its bicentennial journey, we look at four small but important communities that make up our vibrant mosaic - Arabs, Parsis, Jews and Armenians.
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[@haroutghazar4725]

Long live Armenians where ever they are

[@tiagoblumenfeld3827]

Ur el gnank, ur el linenk, menk bolors hpard hay enk!!!

[@armenianhighland6810]

Where my Armenians at ? ❤️much love to Singapore! And much respect for Sandra Masmadjian for how she honours her late husband ❤️

[@antowalk]

The way she honors the memory of her husband is a woman of great virtue. i hope i find a wife with those characteristics.

[@hoopoe3093]

Arab, Parsi, Jew, Armenian...we are part of the Singapore mosaic!

[@Amy-we4ij]

Singapore is such a colourful and peaceful country, people are living in harmony regardless of colours and cultures 👍👍👍

[@IINOYII]

i am Armenian from Sweden i have been to Singaporei love Singapore i will travel again 🙂,BEST SAKO NOY

[@suren2313]

Im proud being an Armenian Singapur is an incredible country

[@lavtga7546]

To the woman(Sandra) who married an armenian. What a display of honor and commitment to continue her late husband’s legacy. Inspirational and uplifting to see people who are genuinely good to the core. May God bless you with good health and I wish you success in your efforts to preserve the Armenian culture in Singapore

[@figureofspeech4581]

Never lose your tradition and mother tongue! Keep it alive

[@irinabaziants6615]

Bravo, Armenians.

[@user-kl8nk7ic5n]

hello from Armenia 🇦🇲♥️

[@anasateik2608]

Full respect to Singapore from a yemeni citizen.

[@jessicagomez8387]

♥

[@spartawelly5863]

So many yemenis in singapore

[@GigaTele]

@@spartawelly5863 not as many now with them marrying outside their race

[@spartawelly5863]

@@GigaTele im half Yemeni half Palestinian and just wanted to know are there still that many half or even full yemenis in sg

[@ritam4926]

Great respect to Sandra Basmadjian. On behalf of Armenians thank you for carrying on legacy.

[@magicmirrorphotoboothla668]

Dear Sandra Galistan & dear Sandra Basmajian thank you very much for your commitment to preserve the Armenian culture in Singapore. If I ever come to Singapore I will definitely visit the Armenian church. God bless you both!

[@deadpool113]

Armenians, Jews, Arabs were part of significant Malaya's immigrant community. David Marshall, The first chief minister of Singapore was Jew. And when you go George Town, Penang, there's a street named Armenian street. But I didn't know they were still living in Singapore. Most of Armenians and Jews in Malaya headed back to their homeland after ww2...

[@HATTAN_ALHUTHLY]

Suddenly get here to enjoy this video 😍😍 Big love to my Singaporean brothers 💚

[@aregst]

Oh man.. so greatly done and so inspiring! I thank you very much! And all who make the effort to keep the good for their heritage alive. Whoever one ethnically is, they still receive the heritage they choose to receive.

[@Bavonc]

Sandra Basmadjian is more Armenian than some ethnic Armenians I know, including myself. Her value and work for the Armenian history and heritage in Singapore is amazing.

[@abdullahalbraiky5956]

I'm happy to see my distant family of hadhramis in Singapore living happily, love from yemen❤️

[@datukrajo1807]

I believe that most of Arab Singaporean were originally from Indonesia. Since many Hadhrami Arabs (South Yemenis) in the past, they settled first in Netherland Indies (Present day Indonesia). Me myself is an Indonesian of Hadhrami descent from Al Hamid of Bin Sheikh Abu Bakr tribes and most of my clan lived in Indonesia.

[@daffalathifilham8028]

No, they look like levantines, not yemenis

[@deadpool113]

My friend also has Arab grandpa. I'm not sure if he detoured by Indonesia but surely he came through Johor.

[@nxxrify]

​@@daffalathifilham8028 No levantines settled in SEA, please do your research on Hadhrami (Yemeni) diaspora

[@maninderjeetsingh7470]

Please do on Sikh’s of Singapore

[@FerdAboubakrOnline]

Glad to see Moroccan design included in that Arab designer's collection

[@samir123456789031]

We are the most, and Al Haddad ou Al hadad is maroccan name. In sham they Just use Haddad! Hhehe

[@wellnexsarl4072]

Morocco is arround the world they emigrate for good life , morocco is bewutifull

[@lama.basurrah]

@@samir123456789031 i thought the arab was hadhrami people

[@RSI008]

​@@lama.basurrahArabs range from the Maghreb to Iraq , north Iraq to South Sudan

[@casiandsouza7031]

Culture is a living thing that has to evolve.

[@surendersingal2192]

Thank you for giving ys insight if Arabs n Armenians cultures. Often we hear they are always at war. It instills in me the idea of immersing my children in my Asian/ Indian culture. Jussojuan Surender Singal.

[@paruskye8794]

Armenia and Arabs are family and friends

[@bernicecrichlow8148]

I love learning about other cultures coming from an multicultural country myself. Hope to visit Singapore one day❤ love from Suriname 🇸🇷

[@asianaucklandshu7998]

Bernice Crichlow do not come here, poor country

[@bernicecrichlow8148]

@@asianaucklandshu7998 I'm confused are you telling me I should not visit Singapore because I'm from a third world country ?

[@asianaucklandshu7998]

Bernice Crichlow you are my friend

[@spartawelly5863]

​@@asianaucklandshu7998stop lying leh😂😂

[@wrabyapta]

there are way more Arabs in Indonesia than Indians… quite surprised when visiting Singapore for the first time

[@FCOLAXCDG]

Thank you! ❤️

[@legend9805]

Arabs hadrami god bless you proud of you

[@Som-Hanoolaato]

Thanks for sharing

[@arabesigloxxi380]

I am Morroco guy 🇲🇦 living in Spain 🇪🇸 but I LOVE SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 How can i go to live in Singapore ??? 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 someone can tell me please ?

[@deadpool113]

Buy ticket book a room

[@Kuwandi]

Singapore is a very culturally tolerant OPEN MINDED country ☀️☀️☀️☀️

[@isassetuba]

Muslim, Jews and Christians all living together in harmony 😂 😂 😂 China can learn a thing or two

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

When religion is kept out of politics it is possible.

[@daschund7680]

thats so true about them starting to think theyre malay because the malays love the arab genes and alwaya try to pull them in

[@azamshahuddin781]

Wow-Najib Ali compering the fashion show event!Does he have any personal links with the Arab-Singaporean community-is he partly an Arab-Singaporean?

[@AnwesaChaudhury]

We have live the best of both worlds if we are from another culture living in another country. We have to preserve our culture but try to blend in that country’s culture a bit.

[@AS-yd1gf]

You are a true Armenian.

[@LadyLuvGemStones]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@demlinnalo2030]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@syedmaricar9946]

Singapore effect between people who have peacefull lives.

[@alayamkrtchyan5952]

Arabs and arminians ♥️

[@ongcho3697]

Kudos to chad Arabs !!!

[@syedisa4435]

37:39 the woman to the right wearing the purple headscarf and glasses is my grandmother who is the daughter of syed mohammed alkaff whose grandfather is syed sheikh alkaff the first alkaff is singapore

[@TheYah00netstar]

*The name "Joaquim" is Portuguese.*

[@TheYah00netstar]

@James Merryman - Ah!So it explains.Thank you!

[@shota7065]

In Armenian - Hovaqim

[@ArpaJoakim]

Its actually Biblical, and Anglicized version of Hovakim(ian) from Armenian - source myself

[@TheYah00netstar]

@@ArpaJoakim - *The name spelled "Joaquim" is Portuguese even if the root is Hebrew meaning "God".(Heliakim)*

[@Bavonc]

Her actual name was Ashkhen Hovakimian. I guess she was known as Agnes Joaquim for ease of pronunciation. Same goes for the surname Galistan, which seems to come from Galistian, which is a very Armenian surname.

[@nazhabazzaoui6088]

Ghazali 😍😍

[@sofa.4942]

No wonder many people, even their own think arab singaporean are abit snobbish.. At this age and time they still talk about their family's achievement when they meet each other... And not forgetting that a female arab has to marry a male arab, can't marry other races in singapore according to their family rules. It was actually quite sad when the female arab actually liked a man of other races but still a muslim but her grandmother being very traditional wants her to marry a male arab.

[@Catherinetatethefkingliberty]

Yes, none of them, while the other ethnicities and/or religious groups, mentioned they appreciate that they are given the space in Singapore to practise their own culture and/or religion. They seem quite insular and very keen to keep their tribal ties with Arabic ancestry, nationality notwithstanding. This makes me wonder is their fidelity with Singapore or to Yemen or Morocco or wherever they trace their tribes from. "Our forefathers were the top traders in Singapore and built Singapore in many ways". As though the Arabs were the only ethnicity at the top of the pyramid to develop the trade in Singapore. ...Smells like superiority complex.

[@sofa.4942]

@@Catherinetatethefkingliberty it seems very superficial.. like all the fanciness and scholarly achievements.. i mean I get it that they want to keep the Arab numbers stable in Singapore, or else they would die out like the Babas.. but forcing someone not to marry other race is Abit too far especially when it's within the successful Muslim community itself. But not all the Arab families are like that.. It's only some family names

[@Catherinetatethefkingliberty]

@@sofa.4942 I don't know if it's superficial. The tracing of family ties back to muhammad, making sure the Arab bloodline is maintained, sound pretty serious to me. I mean, nothing wrong with wanting to know and connecting with ancestral past, and practising the culture, and instinctively preferring to marry within the ethnicity but When their inherent values lie in their ethnicity and it's tribe over nation.....What are the chances of them sticking up for fellow countrymen, regardless of race, language or religion? I don't trust Chinese who think Singapore should align with China due to common ethnicity, same way I don't trust Arabs who put tribe above everything else.

[@Interests97]

@@Catherinetatethefkingliberty you talk as if the Arabs of Singapore are significant in numbers. I'm Arab Singaporean and our tribes in Singapore are not as tight as in Yemen. If Singapore goes to war, rest assured it won't be against an Arab country.

[@Andrew_Tate_Personal]

When Arab women gets older than 25 years old they are getting ‘old’ lol in Arabic culture so there families calm down a bit and allow them to marry a non Arab (as long as he is Muslim) in most cases. Anyway Armenians are pretty much the same lol our families put pressure on us to only marry another Armenian so our families connect well together. Most traditional cultures do this way. I know in Western Europe you guys marry anyone and do anything you like so it may be a bit strange for you, you are strange for us :)

[@skc1003]

the armenian auntie doesnt look like kardashians

[@Bavonc]

As an Armenian, this made me LOL 🤣

[@matthewmann8969]

Must be tough being a Middle Easterner, North African, Sub Saharan African, South Asian, South East Asian, Native Oceanian, Amerindian, Eskimo, Mestizo, Castizo, Pardo, and so on in a majority Far Eastern specifically Han Chinese ran country

[@mono9196]

Oh tell me. Im here. And I'm half native to this region and it's harder being native yet ran by them.

[@lalarmenianam7320]

Cool video they are armenian americans or normaly armenians ?

[@darrelllai9956]

wow you completely missed the point of the video...

[@rogerstubbs2731]

Singaporestan

[@vahannalbandian8338]

hayastan and signapore!

[@mokhtaramran7041]

Inaccurate. -stan is urdu in nature. Sub culture of the indians.

[@Catherinetatethefkingliberty]

@Roger Stubbs, presumably from UK since your profile displays union Jack, maybe look at your own cities and Northern towns 🤣🤣??

[@wingaard]

1:26 Ang Moh !!

[@wolf8900]

Lucky in sea

[@seng628]

Sg hotel 👍👍🎁

[@nursayban.7445]

The Arabs remind me of Nancy Ajram

[@handsome652]

24:03 ARMENIA is FATHERLAND not motherland . we say HAYRENIK not MAYRENIK. IN PURPOSE !

[@lalarmenianam7320]

Yes My Pagan brother Tzavet tanem

[@handsome652]

@@lalarmenianam7320 your PAGAN ?

[@lalarmenianam7320]

@@handsome652 no but you have pagan symbol Armenian Paganism ?

[@handsome652]

@@lalarmenianam7320 IM also not pagan

[@lalarmenianam7320]

@@handsome652 ok oriental ?

[@jeyjetuethcyrj7547]

Armenians from russia