“It was difficult, but we learnt. At first, I didn't understand. I slowly got used to things here. They helped me a lot,” says Lucy, whose name reads Lousavard in her passport.
In September of 2012, Harout Halladjian, along with his mother Diroun, brother Sarkis and sister Lusineh, came to Armenia from Syria.
Sipping coffee in their apartment in Kovsakan, a town in southern Artsakh, Jirayr takes a friendly jibe at his mother-in-law, 71 year-old Mrs. Khatoun.
My first attempt to speak to Syrian-Armenian families who have resettled in the town of Berdzor proved unsuccessful.
Jirair Donabedian is one of the original Syrian-Armenians who resettled in this remote Armenian outpost in 2009, before the war broke out back home.
I can only speak about the last three years since I became administrator of the district. Prior to my coming on board the district had a population of some 8,000. Today, we have 10,000.
When I asked Serop where he lives, the young man joked, “They make me live a dog’s life.” He then told me that he lives in a guard hut for a wheat, iron and cement storehouse.
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