Grandma’s Tattoos, story of Genocide survivor aired on Al Jazeera (video)

13:38 – 15.01.12

Al Jazeera TV channel on Thursday aired Grandma’s Tattoos, a
documentary revealing the fate of the Armenian women driven out of
Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.

Filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian made a journey into her own family to
investigate the terrible truth behind her late grandma’s odd tattoos,
says a report on Al Jazeera’s website. Her grandma was said to be a
bit strange, never liking physical contact and covered with unusual
marks.

Everybody in the family seemed to know the story, but no-one ever
spoke about it.

When grandma’s mystery was slowly unveiled, family taboos were broken
down and Suzanne exposes the bigger story – the fate of the Armenian
women driven out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.

The painful journey behind Suzanne’s grandma’s tattoos unfolds through
Armenia, Lebanon, Sweden and Syria, finally bringing out the truth.

Tert.am

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress