Series | Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Armenia, Caucaso e Asia Centrale
Chapter | Nerkaght and the Concept of Homeland
Nerkaght and the Concept of Homeland
The Armenian Community in Beirut and the Repatriation Movement 1946-48
Abstract
This paper discusses the issue of Armenian repatriation in the years ’46-’47, challenging the role played by the concept of Armenian homeland on the identities developed and propagated by various Armenian entities in Lebanon. The three main diasporic Armenian parties, Dashnak, Ramgavar, and Hunchak, as well as the three newspapers affiliated with them, Aztag, Zartonk, and Ararad, clash in the Armenian-Lebanese political arena over differing conceptions of homeland and what it means to be an Armenian patriot, developing increasingly two sets of ideological references to draw on from time to time during intra-Armenian confrontation.
Submitted: April 16, 2022 | Accepted: June 13, 2022 | Published April 26, 2023 | Language: en
Keywords Diaspora • Homeland • Soviet Armenia • Lebanon • Armenian repatriation
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