shirley | May 20, 2010
Congressmen request U.S. assistance to help resettle Iraqi Armenian refugees – PanARMENIAN.Net. In an ironic twist of fate, the topple of Saddam Hussein was actually the downfall for the long-time Armenian community in Iraq. Hussein, not being a strict Muslim if one at all, gave protection to the Armenian community. The militant Muslims who poured in [...]
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shirley | October 12, 2009
Kevork S. Hovnanian was an immigrant from Iraq. In the late 50s when Iranian political upheaval meant that businesses would be nationalized, he fled to the U.S. and the freedoms we enjoy here. Whereupon his arrival he and his 3 brothers managed to create a hugely successful homebuilding enterprise. Armenians originally settled in Iraq from Iran centuries [...]
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