Haigazian University Launches a New Book: Armenians of the Gulf Arab States

BEIRUT — The Haigazian University-based Armenian Diaspora Research Center has published the proceedings of the conference on “Armenians in the Arab Gulf States”, which was held on December 6 & 7, December 2022.

Below is the list of the 26 research articles published in the book.

• Dr. Joseph AlAgha, “The Arab Gulf States: Economic Development, Oil, and Migrant Workers (1960-2020)” (English)
• Prof. Jon Armajani, “Saudi Arabia’s Constitution and Expatriates” (English)
• Dr. Hasmig Baran, “Armenian Temporary Migrants in Saudi Arabia between 1970s and 1990s” (English)
• Zaven Khanjian, “My Expat Years in Saudi Arabia between 1973 and 1979” (Armenian)
• Harut Der Tavitian, “Armenians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Episodes/Memories from 1977 to 1989)” (English)
• Harut Der Tavitian, “The ABC Saturday School in Aramco Dhahran (1976, 1983-1989)” (Armenian)
• Dr. Antranik Dakessian, “A Demographic View of the Armenian Staff in the Eastern Part of Saudi Arabia in the Late 1970s” (Armenian)
• Prof. Jon Armajani, “Kuwait’s and the United Arab Emirates’ Constitutions, and Expatriates in those Countries” (English)
• Dr. Hagop Cholakian, “The Formation of the Armenian Community in Kuwait” (Armenian)
• Anni Barsoumian, “My Father the Engineer/Architect Author” (English)
• Dr. Ani Fishenkjian, “The Assistance of the Syrian Armenian Community to the Kuwaiti Armenians after the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq (1990-91)” (Armenian)
• Dr. Nerses Sarkissian, “The Armenian School of Kuwait” (Armenian)
• Suzy Tavlian, “The Armenian Community in Abu Dhabi and My Professional Experience There (Dec. 1975-Nov. 1990)” (English)
• Chake Mangasarian-Grogan, “The UAE Internet Radio Ayk” (Armenian)
• Dr. Ara Sayegh & Chake Mangassarian-Grogan, “The Presence of the UAE Armenian Community on the Internet, A Brief Overview” (Armenian)
• Christina Yepremian-Tossounian, “Mobility, Complexity and Translation: Armenians in the UAE” (English)
• Bishop Mesrob Sarkissian, “The Armenian Church in the Arab Gulf States” (Armenian)
• Dr. Tsolag Basmadjian, “The Armenian Community of the United Arab Emirates” (Armenian)
• Dr. Anny Joukoulian, “A Sociolinguistic Study of the Languages Armenians Use in the Arab Gulf States” (English)
• Dr. Lusine Tanajyan, “The Armenian Community of Qatar: Communal Life and Integration” (Armenian)
• Dr. Sona Nersisyan, “The Formation of the Armenian Community of Qatar and the Experience of Self-organization” (Armenian)
• Dr. Hratsin Vardanyan, “The Committee of Cultural Relations with the Armenian Diaspora and the Armenians of the Arab Gulf States” (Armenian)
• Drs. Sona Tonikian & Eliz Gevorkian, “Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Arab Gulf States” (Armenian)
• Dr. Araks Pashayan, “Armenian Topics in the Gulf Media (Main Trends) (2016–2022)” (Armenian)
• Dr. Eliz Gevorgian, “The RA in the Arab Gulf States (UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia)” (Armenian)
• Dr. Antranik Dakessian, “Armenian/s in Yemen in the 14^th Century? The Rasulid Hexaglon” (Armenian)

In its Appendix section the book includes the personal accounts/memoires of the life and experiences of Dr. Boghos Atinian, Anni Barsoumian, Dikran Djinbashian, Hagop Kazandjian, Kevork Keoshgerian and Giragos Kouyoumdjian in the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. It includes as well interviews with Vasil Akelian, Berdjuhi Aprahamian, ex-MP and Minister Apraham Dedeyan, and Hrayr Sarkissian about their economic activities in Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

The book includes as well a brief report on the Armenians of Kuwait in 1961, newspaper excerpts between the years 1950-65, the by-laws of the Armenian Community of Abu Dhabi,  a bibliography, short biographies of the contributors, a brief account of the Armenian communities of the Arab Gulf states, a short narrative of the history of these states, the press release of the conference, the content of the book in Arabic and English, and the HU Press list of its published books.

The book is the 7^th volume of the proceedings of conferences that have focused on the Armenians of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia, Cyprus-Greece and the Arab Gulf States. The last and the 8^th volume on Armenians of Cyprus and Greece is scheduled to be published in 2025.

The digital version of the book is accessible at:

https://haygirk.nla.am/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=164236