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Syria’s Armenian community resilient, but faces uncertain future

Syrian Armenians, despite the fragility of their presence in the region, are determined to stay and rebuild.

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Armenian Orthodox worshippers leave after a Christmas service at the Holy Mother of God Armenian Orthodox Church on Jan. 6, 2016, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. — GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP via Getty Images

Nora Bulbulian is in the hunt for a good publisher. “I’m in the process of trying to find someone in the US. I’m asking around but it is kind of difficult.”

Finding a publisher can be a harrowing process for any young author, but in this case, Bulbulian is doing the search from her home in Aleppo, Syria. Still, she seems up to the challenge. “We are a people who have been there and done that. We saw it all,” Bulbilian, 30, told Al-Monitor in a phone interview. 

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