A New Life for Zadi
An Armenian refugee finds a permanent home in Seattle through a legal adoption in King County.
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Out of troop-ridden Turkish Syria, where the soldiers drove away her father and mother to die from exposure and hardships, into the arms of a new papa and mama in Seattle—this is the first chapter of life completed by Azadoohi Bachallan, a four-year-old Armenian tot, in the King County Superior court recently. Now Azadoohi’s real name is Zadi Gannaway, legally established when by law Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Gannaway were made her new parents. She was picked up by Dr. Gannaway in Marash, Syria, almost four years ago. Dr. Gannaway is now in charge of a refuge camp in Beirut, Syria. But Mrs. Gannaway was in court in person to ask for her new daughter.
“Out of troop-ridden Turkish Syria... into the arms of a new papa and mama in Seattle.”
This story highlights the long history of Seattle as a destination for international refugees, reflecting current debates about humanitarian displacement and the legal processes of integration.
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