Life in the Armenian Community of Aleppo by Manoug Hagopian

Manoug Hagopian’s memoir in stories, Life in the Armenian Community of Aleppo, describes Armenians’ joys, griefs, and daily efforts to survive after they fled the 1915 massacres in a land that accepted them with open arms.

The writer shows that Armenians who arrived in Aleppo at the turn of the twentieth century did not stay idle as refugees, but continued their lives as they did in the Armenian-populated cities, towns, and villages they were born in. Their offspring then carried the torch of their parents and built their lives in Aleppo and other countries that they migrated to. Today, hardly any country in the world does not bear the mark of Armenians.

Hagopian was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1954. At sixteen, he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, and then to the United Arab Emirates, where he worked at the offices of various international companies. Hagopian and his late Cypriot wife, Rita, had two sons. Today, he lives with his sons in Nicosia, Cyprus.

The writer worked as a translator for about twenty-five years at various companies in the UAE and Cyprus. He originally wrote his book in the Armenian language and used his skills as a translator to translate his work into English. Both versions are available now.

Hagopian’s next book, Life Within the Armenian Community of Cyprus, in Armenian, will be published soon, to be followed by the English version. He will publish Life Within the Armenian Community of the UAE, both in Armenian and English.

You can now purchase Life in the Armenian Community of Aleppo on Amazon, and its original publication on Barnes & Noble.