Dzalabadig: Images of Survival

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Title: Dzalabadig: Images of Survival
Photographer: Vartan Derounian
Author: Alidz Jebijian-Agbabian
Publisher: Dzil-u-Dzar Publications
Year: 2003
Country: Armenia
34 pages
A slight stretching of my Books of the World Challenge rules--this is about the Armenian refugee refugee community in Aleppo, Syria following the Armenian genocide. These photos document the ghettos and shantytowns of Armenians following their flight or expulsion from Armenia in 1920. Schoolrooms, churches, homes, workshops and streets are showing in large black and white photos. The text, intended for children, includes Armenian words and phrases in its descriptions. An accompanying CD includes an Armenian folk song.