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  • Victoria Butler-Sloss

    Hi and thank you for this. have written a book in which Mgrdich appears in a chapter. however, I have some family member names as different. I have his brothers named as Kevork, Hovannes, Sarkis, Nerses (and maybe Levon, although he is not in story). I also have his sister as Mariam and his wife…

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  • Levon Parian

    The book, Crows of the Desert has been made into a feature length documentary film and has been nominated by the ARPA International Film Festival as Best Documentary Film for the 2016 season. Directed by Emmy Award winning filmmaker Marta Houske, the film will have its world premier on Saturday, November 5th. Based on the…

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  • Yotnakhparian family tree – Ourfa

    The Yotnakhparians from Ourfa. Levon Parian Private Coll.  

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  • Levon Yotnakhparian with Armenian orphans

    Levon Yotnakhparian was in the Ottoman cavalry and escaped into the Syrian desert only to come back and look for orphans and survivors to collect and bring to safety. Levon Yotnakhparian was from Ourfa and is a second cousin of Mgerditch Yotnakhparian (Yotneghperian). Levon Parian Private Coll.

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  • Crows of the desert

    Crows of the desert is a book in Memory of Levon Yotnakhparian written by his grandson Levon Parian. Levon Yotnakhparian was in the Ottoman cavalry and escaped into the Syrian desert only to come back and look for orphans and survivors to collect and bring to safety.  

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