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1) There was and there was not: a journey through hate and possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and beyond
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use--and abuse--our personal histories. Meline Toumani grew up in a close-knit Armenian community in New Jersey where Turkish restaurants were shunned and products made in Turkey were boycotted. The source of this enmity was the Armenian genocide of 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish government, and Turkey's refusal...