Kuyumculuk zanaatı, bir zamanlar vatanlarını terk eden Ermeniler’le Beyrut’un “Küçük Ermenistan” mahallesine taşınmış. Ancak bu zanaat bugünlerde yok olma tehdidi altında. Burç Hamud’un kalabalık sokakları, Ortadoğu’da uzun yıllardır mücevher merkezi olarak biliniyor
Beyrut’un Ermeni Kuyumcuları Zor Durumda
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Master jeweler Hrayr Dserounian shows one of the recent pieces he has crafted, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 1, 2016. The iconography reflects Armenian history.
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Sarkis Barsoumian, holding a gem, runs one of Bourj Hammoud's many jewelry workshops along with his brother Ohannes Barsoumian, Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 26, 2016.
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Small- and medium-sized workshops in Bourj Hammoud have been struggling to stay afloat, with many closing in recent years, in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 26, 2016.
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Khajag Barsoumian, left, and his father, Sarkis, work in the family business, in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 26, 2016. Unlike many of the younger Armenian generation, 19-year-old Khajag has decided to follow in his father's footsteps.