Women pose with flowers outside of a "French room" house in Anjar, April 19, 2023. (Credit: João Sousa/L’Orient Today)
In light of the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide commemoration, we invite you to revisit this article originally published on April 24, 2023. ANJAR, Lebanon — It’s Sunday evening and about a thousand people have gathered for a procession in the small Bekaa town of Anjar.Many of them are children and church scouts, carrying torches and marching from one site to the next, led by the local scout band.They’re here to mark 108 years since the 1915 Armenian genocide, which saw Turkish forces kill more than a million people as World War I raged and the Ottoman Empire crumbled.“This is a small Armenia,” says Hagop Aintaplian, a 60-year-old vegetable farmer.On an afternoon a couple days before the ceremony, Hagop tends to his farm by a clear stream outside the town center. He’s proudest of his artichokes, fields of which adorn both...
In light of the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide commemoration, we invite you to revisit this article originally published on April 24, 2023. ANJAR, Lebanon — It’s Sunday evening and about a thousand people have gathered for a procession in the small Bekaa town of Anjar.Many of them are children and church scouts, carrying torches and marching from one site to the next, led by the local scout band.They’re here to mark 108 years since the 1915 Armenian genocide, which saw Turkish forces kill more than a million people as World War I raged and the Ottoman Empire crumbled.“This is a small Armenia,” says Hagop Aintaplian, a 60-year-old vegetable farmer.On an afternoon a couple days before the ceremony, Hagop tends to his farm by a clear stream outside the town center. He’s proudest of his artichokes, fields of which...
