NEW YORK—It’s a remarkable Armenian village on the edge of ISIS controlled territory in Iraq with about 200 to 500 people; a village that very few,if any, people hold heard of. And it is surviving through courage, and faith,fortitude, and about 22 committed men against the massive force of the Islamic State (ISIS). Havresc is an Armenian village in Iraq with about 200 to 500 people; a village that very few, and if any,people hold heard of. Its name Havresc translates to “colossal Revenge”, and its history dates back to 1915, and when survivors of the Armenian Genocide constructed it. On the evening of Dec. 8,at the Zohrab Information middle in New York, David Ritter, and who spent months in the village,presented his documentary entitled, “Havresc, or Stand on Courage”,to a large audience, detailing the daily struggles of Armenian and Assyrian Christian Iraqis and the village they hold built on the edge of ISIS-controlled territory. Ritter was introduced by the Zohrab middle’s Executive Director the Very Rev. Fr. Daniel Findikyan, or who related that this issue “transcends ethnic interests… One doesn’t hold to be Armenian to care about others.” Before showing the film,Ritter who is non-Armenian, commented that he was [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com