ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES IN EGYPT AND SYRIA ENDANGERED - EXPERT
News.am
8 April 2011

http://www.armtown.com/news/en/nws/20110408/54627/

YEREVAN. -- The latest developments in the Arab world will affect the Armenian communities in Egypt and Syria, which raises a serious cause for concern, the Diaspora expert Eduard Melkonyan told journalists on Friday.

The Armenian community in Egypt that comprises about 6,000 people mostly residing in Cairo and Alexandria was neutral during the Egypt unrest.

"In any case, the 6,000-strong Armenian community could not play a decisive role in the recent developments. They are now waiting for further developments," Melkonyan said.

As regards Syria, the situation is different there. Overall, 80,000 Armenians are residing in Syria, mostly in Aleppo, Damascus, Latakia and Al Qamishli, northeastern Syria.

"From the very first days the Armenian community sided with the authorities and showed loyalty. Such behavior is natural as the Armenian community enjoys all the benefits and had no reasons for discontent with the authorities," he said.

The most dangerous is that it is the national minorities that are the first to be affected by any instability in countries.

"In this context, the Armenian communities' future in Egypt and Syria may be endangered as no one would forecast further developments now," the expert said.

There have been many "ari-doon" posts here in this forum by unknowns and anons but something has to be clarified, if you are very poor and are 'pan-chuni' do not come to Armenia now because you will end up as one of the hundreds stray dogs of Yereven, sleeping in the streets and scavenging what is on the floor and parks and the discards from restaurants. If you are so poor in money then you are dead already because poverty is a curse and deadliness. So since you are dead then do not worry about Muslims cutting your throat and head in the Middle East, an earthquake burying you underground, a tsunami wiping you out into sea, there is flip-flop poles-shift of planet earth, a WW3 missile hitting you, aliens attacking from the sky and pulverizing you or whatever catastrophe that befalls upon your head where you are. You are poor, you are already dead, the biggest catastrophe in the universe called poverty has already strike you and brought you to the verge of death --don't worry, just try to be happy! and stay were you are! dead or almost alive..
But if you have savings to support you in your initial ari-doon to homeland and if you have a steady source of income then by all means consider the Ari-Doon or moving to Armenia your priority.

Whereas the actual very limited flow of Armenians youth-mainly- to Armenia ,i.e. those who have been already coming DOON or DUN,are those organzied by the AGBU,ARF, The Armenian apostolic church AYCOA, or something to that effect for years now say some 12/15 years without the UNNECESSARY SLOGAN ARI-DUN
What you mean to convey is that such slogans are humiliating....
Becasue these Youth come and return to where they came from after a 273 weeks stay in Armenia.
But if the slogan is intended to <ACTUALLY INVITE DIASPORANS SUCH AS ABOVE-IN FIRST PLACE NOW-THE SYRIAN OR EGYPTIAN ARMENIANS.... THEN this needs to be addressed by an organized Diaspora. not those onm the scene that are fragmented each on its own and conducting above like Youth Pilgrimages/Tours rather.
Not that I have anything against these,but these are exactly what they are.No need to Trumpet ARI DUN!
Like, another one that said entity has pulled in L.A.
That of CREATION OF THE SECOND HIGHER CHAMBER -A SENATE- IN ARMENIA COMPRISED OF SOME DIASPORANS.
WHEREAS IT WAS MY SUGGESTION TO HAVE 5 PERMANENT DELEGATES FROM OUR MAIN 5 DIASPORAS, N AND S.AMERICAS,EUROPE,RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE DIASPORA MINISTRY AS DELEGATES THERE.APPARENTLY THAT DID NOT PLESE THE ENTITY AND THUS THE OTHER SUGGESTION THAT I HAD MADE MORE THAN A FEW YEARS AGO WAS EMPLOYED,THAT OF SENATE TO HAVE DIASPORANS PARTICIPATE.
LATTER IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE,AS OUR BRETHREN AND SISTERS IN ARMENIA ARE TO BE ELECTED TO A SENATE THAT IS FOR NATIONALS.IT SIMPLY IS NOT PRACTICABLE TO HAVE NON NATIONALS THERE.INDEED WHEN A SENATE COME TO LIFE IN ARMENIA AND AFTER A FEW YEASRS OF EXISTANCE,THEY MAY CHOOSE TO APPOINT A FDEW FROM MENTIONED DIASPORAS-AFTER HAVING SSERVED IN THE MINISTRY OF THE DIASPORA TO PARTICIPATE,CONDITIONING IT TO THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO BE LEGALLY ACCEPTED FIRST AS CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA.

No, no! this 'ari doon' in this forum is about repart or repatriation and has nothing to do with currant official ministry's activities of Hagopian which are promotion and getting the diaspora youth to have a taste of armenia.

As to the diaspora organizing this repatriation to homeland, well! after world war 2 there was a thing like that but those rich armenian diaspora scumbags in lebanon who organized the return to homeland there embezzled the cash from the simple armenians willing to return and charged them money and send them penniless to armenia communism while they stayed behind and enjoyed their plunder and invested it and ended up more richer. Of course that was some years ago and people got more smarter now and communication is wider but as they say every minute a sucker is born!

ALEADY FOR MANY MANY YEARS.WHAT THE NEW SLOGAN STANDS FOR IS THE SAME AS ¨visit Armenia ,it is beautifull.¨ AND OR ANOTHER such.NOTHING N E W . THE YOUTH AS EXPLAINED BEFORE ARE COMING ALREADY WITHOUT THAT LATEST SLOGAN A R I D U N ..
WHAT REPATRIATION MEANS FOR US-REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU WIRTE IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TODAY.SINCE ARMENIA IS BEING DEPLETED OF ITS POPULATION AND THE ARI DUN IS ONLY A A YOUTH PROMOTIONAL ADDITION TO THE ALREADY E X I S T I N G ONE. YOU CANNOT DEFEND THAT.DIASPORA MINSITRYU SHOULD TAKE UPON ITSELF TO PROMOTE THE OTHER ONE JUST MENTIONED THAT OF AN ORGANIZED REPATRIATION, OR AT THE VERY LEAST COOPERATE WITH DIASPORA TO PUT THAT IN ACTION REALIZE IT.
AS TO YOUR BLEAK EXPLANATION OF THE PREVIOUS REPATRIATION,IT IS NOT QUITE SO.I KNOW FOR SELF, THAT FOR IRAN THAT HAD PORGANIZED A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT REPATRIATION,THE VERY POOR OF THE IRANIAN ARMENIANS FROM RURAL AREAS MAINLY WITH STRONG SUPPORT OF THE RICH DID GO AND SETTLE DOWN IN SOVIET ARMENIA.THEIR OFFSPRING WOUKLD NEVER EVEN DREAM OF GETTING HIGH EDUCATION,WHEREAS THEY DID IN SOVIET ARMENIA.IF A FDESW OR MORE THAN A FEW WERE SENT TO SIBERIA, IT WAS BECAUSE THESE WERE THE KIND THAT EXPECTED TO LIVE IN HEAVEN-IMAGINE A COUNTRY THAT HAD PARTICIPATED IN WWII WITH MORE THAN 200,000 MARTYRS FOR THE HAIRENAKAN BADERAZ-ARMENIANS TAKEN IN - I DO ADMIT THAT THE RFEGIME ALSO WAS NOT WHAT THEY HAD EXPECTED.BUT WE GAINED ALL IN ALL WITH MORE ARMENIAN FAMILIES SETTLING IN ARMENIA.TIME AHVE CHANGED WHAT I SUGGEST IS TO HAVE A RE STRUCTURED DIASPORA WITH 5 DELEGATES FROM MAIN 5 DIASPORA AREAS N.AND S.AMERICAS, EU,RUSSIAN FEDERATION, AND MIDDLE EAST AT THE MINISTRY ,FOR ,LIKE LAST NIGHT ON SHANT T.V. IT WAS CLEARLY REVEALED BY MINSTRY VISITS TO SINGAPOUR OR ANY SUCH AND BESTOWING MEDALS TO SOME BBB´S BISHOPS , BENEFACTORS AND BOSSES(POLITICO) NOT MUCH IS BEIUNG DONE.JUST THAT.VISITS...
WE NEED OUR DIASPORAS'S PRESENCE IWITHIN THE MINSITRY,AS ABOVE EXPLAINED TO COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER AND FATHERLAND MINISTRE.