The declaration of Jihad 1914 & the participation of the Kurds in the Assyrian genocide of 1915

This talk was given during the 10th annual Rosenbluth Family Charitable Foundation Genocide Awareness Week that took place at Arizona State University during April 4-8, 2022. For more information about Genocide Awareness Week, visit: shprs.asu.edu/GAW About the speaker, Sabri Atman: Mr. Atman was born in Arbo, Nisibin (Tur Abdin, Assyria) in southeastern Turkey in the indigenous lands of the Assyrians. He moved to Austria due to political reasons and then to Sweden five years later. He received his first master’s degree in economics from the University of Gothenburg. He also received his second master’s degree in Human rights and Genocide studies from Kingston University in London, University of Siena in Italy, University of Warsaw in Poland and Frankfurt University in Germany. His third master's degree is in History from Clark University in Massachusetts. Mr. Atman is the founder and director of the Assyrian Genocide Research Center (SEYFO Center) and is currently doing his PhD in History at the University of Texas, Dallas.