Portraits of hope : Armenians in the contemporary world

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Map Preface; Yehuda Bauer Prologue; Huberta von Voss Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Between Ararat and the Caucasus: Portrait of a Tiny Country in Five Lessons; Tessa Hofmann Chapter 2. The Armenian Genocide: An Interpretation; Vahakn N. Dadrian Chapter 3. The Turkish Denial of the Armenian Genocide in its European Context; Taner Akçam Chapter 4. The Silent Partner: Imperial Germany and the Young Turks' Policy of Annihilation; Wolfgang Gust PART II: PORTRAITS FROM AROUND THE WORLD History Chapter 5. The Investigator: Vahakn N. Dadrian, Genocide Scholar (Cambridge, MA); Huberta von Voss Chapter 6. A Foundation of Facts and Fiction: The Poet and Writer Peter Balakian (Hamilton, NY); Huberta von Voss Chapter 7. The Memory of Cilicia: Claude Mutafian, Historian and Mathematician (Paris); Dorothea Hahn Chapter 8. Lord of the Books: Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation (New York City); Huberta von Voss Words Chapter 9. Shadows and Phantoms: Michael J. Arlen, Writer and Media Critic (New York City); Huberta von Voss Chapter 10. The Ashes of Smyrna: Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, Writer (New York City); Huberta von Voss Chapter 11. The Tracker: Nouritza Matossian, Writer and Actress (London and Nicosia); Huberta von Voss Chapter 12. Difficult Truths: Nancy Krikorian, Writer (New York City); Hrag Vartanian Chapter 13. A Seedbed of Words: Hrant Dink, Editor-in-chief of the Armenian Newspaper Agos (Istanbul); Huberta von Voss Chapter 14. La Femme révoltée : Human Rights Activist and President of the Armenian PEN-Club, Anna Hakobyan (Yerevan); Rainer Hermann Chapter 15. Vocation: Azgayin gortsich. Zori Balayan: An Intellectual (Karabakh-Yerevan); Tessa Hofmann Faith Chapter 16. The Catholicos of All Armenians: His Holiness Karekin II (Echmiadzin); Rainer Hermann Chapter 17. The Modernizer with the Miter: His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia (Antelias, Beirut); Huberta von Voss Chapter 18. Referee on a Slippery Pitch: His Beatitude Mesrop II, Patriarch of the Armenians in Turkey (Istanbul); Huberta von Voss Chapter 19. With Cellphone and Habit on Lord Byron's Island: Father Grigoris and the Novice Artour (San Lazzaro, Venice); Huberta von Voss Arts and Architecture Chapter 20. Son of an Amazon: Ashot Bayandur, Painter (Nicosia and Yerevan); Huberta von Voss Chapter 21. Seismograph of Different Worlds: Painter Sarkis Hamalbashian (Gyumri and Yerevan); Huberta von Voss Chapter 22. Fitzcarraldo in the Olive Grove: Garo Keheyan, Philanthropist and Impresario (Nicosia); Huberta von Voss Chapter 23. Ibis Eyes: Artist and Poetess Anna Boghiguian (Alexandria and Cairo); Huberta von Voss Film and Photography Chapter 24. Screening His stories: The Film-maker Atom Egoyan (Toronto); Ian Balfour Chapter 25. Hollywood in Downtown Cairo: Van Leo, Photographer (Cairo); Huberta von Voss Chapter 26. Beyond All Limits: On the Art of Film-maker Artavazd Peleschjan (Moscow); Gerald Matt Music Chapter 27. The Voice of France: Charles Aznavour, Alias Varenagh Aznavourian (Paris); Pascale Hugues Chapter 28. Under the Stars: Accordion-player Madame Anahit on the Alleys of Beyoglu (Istanbul); Christiane Schlötzer-Scotland Commitment Chapter 29. Ways to Identity: Berge Setrakian, President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (New York City); Huberta von Voss Chapter 30. Daily Bread of Resolutions: Hilda Tchoboian, President of the Euro-Armenian Federation (Brussels); Daniela Weingärtner Politics and Diplomacy Chapter 31. From Diamonds to Diplomacy: Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's Minister of Foreign Affairs (Yerevan); Rainer Hermann Chapter 32. Armenia's Attorney on the Banks of the Seine: Minister Patrick Devedjian, Legal Adviser to French President Chirac (Paris); Michaela Wiegel Chapter 33. In the Mission Quicksands: Benon Sevan, Ex-Undersecretary General of the United Nations (New York City); Huberta von Voss Chapter 34. The Man with the Mirror: The Armenian Ambassador to the OSCE and to International Organizations in Vienna, Jivan Tabibian (Vienna); Huberta von Voss Life of Images Chapter 35. Courier of the Czar: The Petrossian Caviar Empire and Its Owner, Armen Petrossian (Paris); Gil Eilin Jung Chapter 36. End of a Long Journey: The Sexton Michael Stephen and the Armenians in India (Madras); Jochen Buchsteiner Chapter 37. The Skeptic of the Jaffa Gate: Kevork Hintlian (Jerusalem); Paul Badde Chapter 38. "Excuse me, how do I get to the front?" The Brothers Monte and Markar Melkonian (Los Angeles); Michael Krikorian Chapter 39. The Everyday Life of a Hero: Levon Arutunyan, Veteran of the Karabakh War (Yerevan); Rainer Hermann Chapter 40. The Magic of the Opal: The Jeweler Varoojan (John) Iskenderian (Sydney); Ron Knight Chapter 41. ¿Vos hablás armenio? Rosita Youssefian, Teacher of Armenian (Buenos Aires); Josef Oehrlein Chapter 42. Portrait of Survival: Reflections on the Life of Vahram S. Touryan (Pasadena); Lorna Touryan Miller Chapter 43. Grande Dame of the Myths: The Archeologist Nina Jidejian (Beirut); Huberta von Voss Chapter 44. A Perfectly Normal Story: Alfred and Ophelia Mouradian (Berlin); Jochen Mangelsen PART III: SYMBOLIC PLACES Chapter 45. Swan Song in the Holy Land: The Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem; Jörg Bremer Chapter 46. Last Stop: The desert of Deir-es-Zor; Nouritza Matossian Chapter 47. Gangway to Life: The Armenian Quarter of Bourj Hammoud in Beirut; Victor Kocher Chapter 48. Struggle for Survival: Franz Werfel and the Armenians of Musa Dagh; Hannes Stein Chapter 49. An Eye for an Eye: The Appearance of Talaat Pasa on the Hardenbergstrasse in Berlin; Tessa Hofmann Chapter 50. Inch Piti Asem? The Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial in Armenia. Mark Grigorian Epilogue: The Dichtomy of Truth and Denial and the Remembrance of a Courageous Turk (Toronto); K.M. Greg Sarkissian Annex; Key Dates in Armenian History; Glossary; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index