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Armenia: The Forgotten Genocide
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Armenia: The Forgotten Genocide

'Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?' - Adolf Hitler Often when I inform someone of my ethnicity they are either A) left bewildered as they have never heard of Armenia B) confuse it with [insert country name which sounds like Armenia] or C) recall on the Kardashians. Armenia was in fact the first country to adopt Christianity as it's official religion back in 301 AD. Yet the narrative of the Armenian people remains deeply unknown, despite it's historical and theological significance. Indeed this comes as no surprise as there is little light shed on the Middle East within the global platform, let alone on Armenia; an Apostolic Christian country seemingly less able in comparison to its neighbouring Islamic states (who are not only enriched with natural resou...