Download or read book Identity, Nationalism, and Cultural Heritage Under Siege written by Fatme Myuhtar-May and published by Brill Academic Pub. This book was released on 2014 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Fatme Myuhtar-May makes a case for the recognition of Pomak heritage by presenting five stories from the past and present of the Rhodope Muslims in Bulgaria as examples of a distinct Pomak culture. The stories range from the Christianization during the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 and the forced communist renaming of the Pomaks in the 1970s, to their fascinating wedding rituals and historic figures.