There is the Mhallami ethnic group from Turkey in the Kurdish city of Mardin, who are also called Mardellis, also known by the extended families El-Zein, Omeirat, Remmo, Semmo, Miri etc. They are Lebanese Kurds because they fled from Mardin to Lebanon, but did they have to flee because they are Kurds and the Kurds…
In Turkey there is a city called Mardin where an ethnic group called Mardellis, also called Mhallamis, live. They are often seen as Arabs or Lebanese Kurds because they fled to Lebanon, but they are said to be originally Aramaeans who were forcibly converted to Islam. Does anyone know if that is true?
Because many Mhallamis say they are Lebanese but come from Mardin (city in Turkey)
In Mardin (Türkiye) and Lebanon there is the ethnic group Mhallami who are wrongly recognized as Lebanese, Arabs or Lebanese Kurds but they are said to be Aramaeans who were forcibly converted to Islam at that time and I wanted to ask if that is true?
Are the surnames Kurdish or Arabic? El-Zein, Omeirat, Semmo, Remmo, Miri, Khodr, Saado, Fakhro