Tuesday, March 31, 2015

New Book Chronicles the Legacy of Bourj Hammoud

10:02, March 31, 2015

Neighborhood Became Home to Thousands of Genocide Survivors

On the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Centennial and the 40th anniversary ofthe start of the Lebanese Civil War, filmmaker and documentarian Ara Madzounian is releasing a bookof original photographs that chronicles Bourj Hammoud, the Beirut suburb which became home for Armenian Genocide survivors.

Madzounian, who was born in Bourj Hammoud to parents who survived the Armenian Genocide, hasbeen at the helm of scores of Armenian and non-Armenian multimedia projects around the world.His resume includes directing films, documentaries, producing popular music and telethons and performingtheatrical productions.

Armenian News

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