Vorpahavak

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Library of Congress caption: "Armenians rescued from Arabs"

Following the Armenian genocide, vorpahavak (Armenian: որբահաւաք; lit. 'gathering of orphans') was the organized effort to "reclaim" women and children who had been abducted and forcibly converted to Islam during the genocide.

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