Lebanon, a second home for Armenians

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FOCUS : Fleeing the 1915 genocide perpetrated by Ottoman troops, large numbers of Armenians sought refuge in Lebanon. The country's multi-faith society meant that they were able to protect their language and traditions better than anywhere else. As a result, Lebanon is one of the most active centres of the Armenian diaspora. Our report begins in Anjar, a town in the Bekaa Valley, where the locals are descended from 5,000 people who survived the genocide.
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[@johnny07652]

I'm Armenian and my family is from Beirut. We consider Lebanon our country and love it as our own. Long live Lebanon, beautiful, wonderful country!

[@أدرار_ؤمعروف]

johnny07652 hello jhon, I'm also armenian but from libya...sounds kinda weird ha? 😅 but unlike lebanese-armenians my family's culture is 100% libyan.

[@omarali4590]

@@أدرار_ؤمعروف but Armenians are too proud of themselves in Lebanon... they are not well integrated and speak their own language all the time

[@kh2953]

Omar Ali that has nothing to do with be too proud or too disrespectful towards Lebanon. You got to remember why Armenians came there in the first place. A lot of Armenians I knew believe that they own it to their ancestors who died trying to preserve their people, culture, and religion, to never forget where their roots came from. This is the case in other countries as well full of the Armenia diaspora. However, they don’t only consider themselves as Armenian because now they have lived their for many generations and created their own homes and memories in that country.

[@omarali4590]

@@kh2953 I absolutely agree that Armenians should preserve their culture as they did not leave their home on a voluntary basis. Nonetheless I find it a bit exaggerated to have a parallel system within Lebanon (own schools, own university and of course own neighborhoods and shops). This is against the concept of intergration and living together. If an Armenian in Lebanon has 90% Armenian friend something is terribly wrong!!

[@kh2953]

Omar Ali they opened one university there which obviously isn’t full of only Armenians. They opened shops there which also Lebanese people use as well and they also contribute to the Lebanese economy. Are people of other ethnicities not allowed to open shops and restaurants of their culture? How is this bad for Lebanon? It adds diversity to the country. As for churches and community centres for Armenians exit everywhere where there are Armenian people. It’s just for bringing them together I guess. Now I agree with the 90% thing, but are you sure that is the case? I feel like Armenians are very outgoing and talkative people who would just isolate themselves from other nations.

[@artourmelikian7524]

PEACE UPON YOU LEBANOM.....BEST COUNTRY IN ARAB WORLD....

[@biblicalones4623]

warnings X Yes most of you Christians & Maronites have arab blood now. Intermarriage with Lebanese Muslims Shia & Sunnis.. And also many Druze intermarried with Christian Maronites over the 1000 years

[@thelastcedar2008]

@@biblicalones4623 not really, its not typical at all. usually trash class does that plain truth.

[@alfablack1050]

German activist and scientist Kolmer von der Goltz, "Anatolian sketches" "Everyone who is familiar with the bulk of the population in the provinces of Anatolia quickly gets used to respect and love the Turks, despise the Greeks and hate the Armenians. The local proverb" a Greek will deceive two Jews, and an Armenian will deceive two Greeks "justifies itself everywhere. deceived, then we can say with certainty that you met with the Armenians. I do without any written agreement when I deal with a Turk, because only his word is enough. When I deal with a Greek or other Levantines, I conclude a written agreement, because with them one cannot conduct business otherwise. With the Armenians I do not even have any written confirmation of business, for from intrigues and lies

[@omarjawhary887]

@@christiankhoury9343 no we druze were there from the beginning

[@hanikaram3351]

@@omarjawhary887 lak iza men el bidayeh shlon tkouloun ajitou men maser wa abelha entou ajitou bi majyet el ghazou el Fatimi wa ajitou men hawali el Kerdestan wel Afghan ou hay el nawahy shenno bel asel awal ma jitou kan lakabkon Derzeskan fasserelna khayo bas iza Lebani el asel shlon malkom massihiyeh bakal ? shenno el massihiyeh men abel el tarikh bi hal balad sido wel diyana el eslamiya kanet ghazou ou ktir men massihiyet lebnan Yahoud tnassarou fa shibanaaaaaa haki bala ta3meh

[@chucky6291]

The Armenian people are smart and intelligent people. You are not only living in Lebanon you are a part of Lebanon. We welcome Armenians with open arms. You are our brothers and sisters. God bless.

[@artourmelikian7524]

LEBANON IS PEARL OF EAST

[@dreamhunter2542]

lovely people

[@Ahmad-up9og]

I love my country, Lebanon.

[@yerahistoriadora]

My Armenian paternal grandmother had a niece that lived in Lebanon ( I am named after her) Too bad I only know her first name, otherwise I will be trying to find family in Lebanon.

[@user-kk6pr8nb9h]

ARMENIA💪🏼🇦🇲💪🏼

[@officertempeny9102]

Hahahahahaha we saw your idiot country surrendered

[@alfablack1050]

@@officertempeny9102 German activist and scientist Kolmer von der Goltz, "Anatolian sketches" "Everyone who is familiar with the bulk of the population in the provinces of Anatolia quickly gets used to respect and love the Turks, despise the Greeks and hate the Armenians. The local proverb" a Greek will deceive two Jews, and an Armenian will deceive two Greeks "justifies itself everywhere. deceived, then we can say with certainty that you met with the Armenians. I do without any written agreement when I deal with a Turk, because only his word is enough. When I deal with a Greek or other Levantines, I conclude a written agreement, because with them one cannot conduct business otherwise. With the Armenians I do not even have any written confirmation of business, for from intrigues and lies

[@albertnersossian5606]

@@alfablack1050 That’s probably where the sentence « never trust » a turk comes from. Fcking idiot bot, go spread your information with your sheep azik people

[@hanikaram3351]

@@alfablack1050 man you are just useless like a frog just making noise without any effect other than just your presence heheh what a loser

[@parysatissh6978]

We have a lot of armenians in IRAN too!🇮🇷👍

[@srxanmansuroglu5440]

You face❤

[@ramanirani5125]

Love from kurmanji people in iran

[@hanikaram3351]

@@srxanmansuroglu5440 back off she is mine all mine

[@hanikaram3351]

somebody should be around to keep the bad boys away from you

[@uriahheepdeeppurple1198]

GOD BLESS YOU ALL FOR PEACE. ✌️🙏🍀🌷💞❤️😀🎵🎸

[@karfomachet7265]

only one Armenian village stayed on the mountain and is today the only remaining village Vakhev

[@leoniegureghian4015]

E'esht ya baladi, you're the best of the best no matter your recent situation

[@romtsadourian4053]

Properety 2 libnan from Armenian ✌️

[@Jejak_Pengangguran]

Brave People

[@hanikaram3351]

yeah man I am proud of them the Cedars are proud of them

[@jacondo2731]

aaaand people do not know about the genocide in algeria specifically guelma and setif.

[@HopefulInterventions]

That’s because genocides are not being recognized. Do you know how hard the Armenians had to fight to teach the world? It took almost 100 hundred years!

[@sorrybro4890]

@@HopefulInterventions it’s not organized genocide to be specific (Some) areminan militia allied with russia Committed massacres against anyone whoever they see kurd armenian assyrian They just didn’t care Some Turkish officials came to retaliate And killed many civilians on their way It was huge mess no one know why he they killed nor were killed

[@lanawilson1934]

So who are you blaming?

[@hanikaram3351]

I am so proud of them the Cedars of Lebanon is proud of them LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS

[@sammykyriakides7886]

Problem is that turkey doesn't admit the genocide, but the whole world knows it; so for the healing process the people of Turkey should admit that this happened and then try moving forward with honesty and respect for the whole area and neighbouring countries

[@mfj06]

Isreael neither

[@namibturk5474]

The biggest problem is with the greeks, greek cypriots and armenians. You should recognize and admit what you did to the turkish people and Turkish cypriots and lately what happened in the 90s with the Azeri people in karabach. You are using the “genocide” to “reclaim” land of Türkiye but i can tell you, you will NEVER reach your goal. Greetings from A Turk in the diaspora.

[@wallaby303kleiner3]

Ich bin stolz auf meine Vorfahren 😘.

[@MB-ee5jx]

Dear Lebanese, be careful. One day, these armenians will start separatism in your country.

[@samjones9633]

they are lebanese. they are brothers. we do not have such thoughts about our armenian community

[@MB-ee5jx]

@@samjones9633 there is a proverb: we shall see what we shall see!

[@LoveAndPeace2004]

Lebanese ppl were the first Arabic nation, to recognise Armenian Genocide!

[@hanikaram3351]

no they are from us we trust them they showed and proved that they are from us like us and likwise in everything

[@serkantemiz7565]

If Armenians didn't revolt against Ottoman and didn't betray him, now most of Armenians would lived in Turkey and this disaster wouldn't happened.

[@kkjasmine5579]

So you are telling me that Armenians at the time were around 5 million against your country filled with around 70 million is going to attack? Are you stupid? Armenians wouldn’t attack your country they won’t manage I can’t believe even though the truth is there you would still believe it? Gosh I didn’t know people can be this dumb. The lands that armenia claim to be there is a huge tourist spot. I went there they show me old building like I bunch of historical stuff and I saw Armenian writing on it....if it’s not Armenian land why is there Armenians writing on the building and ancient stuff? They claim it to be the Georgians like that’s real. And last but not least Armenians and Turkey never had a brotherly relationship so even if Armenia did do something to them it wasn’t a betrayal. I like how in your comment you literally explain why Turkey did that genocide yet many other Turks use different reasons to explain why it happened. For example one of them said, IT WASNT A GENOCIDE BUT A WAR, the next said, IT WAS THE OTTOMANS NOT US. the other said, IT WAS A GENOCIDE BUT IT WAS YOUR FAULT YOU WERE ALLIES WITH RUSSIA. I don’t understand why do you guys have so many different explanations of why it happened but can’t seem to add them up?

[@LoveAndPeace2004]

Are u dumb? Why tf Christian Armenians should die for turkey and fight with Christian Russians ? Can u even use ur brain?

[@LoveAndPeace2004]

Armenians will never fight with Christian brothers on muslims' side! Always remember that and never forget!

[@ichiroyamada1901]

@@LoveAndPeace2004 that decision may save countless of life

[@axumitedessalegn3549]

Turkey is not a real place. Most Turks are actually Greeks that fail on the swords of Turik speaking population that converted them...who by the way were also converted at an earlier period by the sword. Take a DNA test. Nature does not lie...humans do.

[@alfablack1050]

When lies get old - it becomes Armenian history

[@HopefulInterventions]

What do you mean? Armenian history can be verified yourself! Shame on you! Go google the Armenian genocide and you will be shocked and ashamed! 😡😡

[@alfablack1050]

@@HopefulInterventions In 1914, the Armenian historian Gevorg Aslan wrote in his book "Armenia and the Armenians": "The Armenians did not have statehood. They are not bound by the feeling of the Motherland and are not bound by political ties. Armenian patriotism is associated only with the place of residence." The chimerical idea of ​​recreating "Great Armenia", which has never existed as a state, is a nationwide concept that unites all the hays of the world.

[@alfablack1050]

@Johnny Dawn Georgian writer and thinker I. Chavchavadze: Your Excellency, do not allow the settlement of Armenians in the central Russian lands. They are from such a tribe that after living for several decades, they will begin to shout to the whole world that this is the land of our fathers and great-grandfathers. Georgian writer Sergi Sajaya: "Armenians are not lions, but only jackals serving stronger nations"

[@uzumaki81.]

Says the one that doesn't have history

[@lanawilson1934]

@@alfablack1050 that’s not Azerbaijani history, go to your Iran

[@qemerqojayeva]

After some time armenians will say lebanon is armenia. They r such nation! Unfortunately they r our neighbour the shame of all Caucasus!

[@uzumaki81.]

Lebanon? 😂 we are there allies we helped in 2006 Lebanons war

[@axumitedessalegn3549]

Turkey is not a real country. Turkish people are actually greek and armenian that fell on the sword of conquest.

[@lanawilson1934]

Zombies are the shame of turks

[@hanikaram3351]

that is OK we are brothers and cousins right from the start Armenia or Lebanon no matter because our soul is the same you guys up their attack the Armenian civilians because they are minorities you torture them

[@qemerqojayeva]

@@hanikaram3351 poor🤣🤣🤣

[@mexplore4740]

Long live Erdogan and Turkey

[@LoveAndPeace2004]

stfu. u are not Lebanese! u are mongol turk!

[@lanawilson1934]

Erdogan will die soon, find other heroes

[@wawkhan115]

God blesss turkey , long reign ERDOGAN

[@JJoker-ch1fs]

Ok 👍