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  • Shamshone: Sun of Assyria

    Five Generations of a Family from Iranian Azerbaijan

    This is a biography and family history of five generations of an Assyrian Christian family as told through the eyes of the scion of their family Sam Sarmecanic. It begins with his grandparents generation and the flight to Iraq to escape genocide and covers his father's emigration to Chicago in the early 20th century by himself at age 9, his return to Urmia and Golpachan village as an adult, the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Leaving Mother Lake

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    A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire

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