Bourdj Hammoud Yesterday
Bourj Hammoud (or Burj Hammud)
(Armenian: Պուրճ Համուտ, Arabic: برج حموﺪ) is a
suburb in east Beirut, Lebanon in the Metn district.
The suburb is heavily populated by Armenians as it
is where most survivors of the Armenian Genocide
settled. Bourj Hammoud is an industrious area and is
one of the most densely-populated cities in the
Middle East.
The new urban neighborhoods built in Lebanon in
the 1930s, located between Bourdj Hammoud and Dora:
Nor Adana
Ariel view of the camps in Beirut. The broad
field in the southwest was the site of the "Big
Camp," destroyed by the 1933 fire. The three camps
of Yozgat, Karantina-Amanus, and Maslakh form a
horizontal line to the north.
View of Bourdj Hammoud, Lebanon in in 1932
Bourdj Hammoud around 1920, before the
construction of urban neighborhoods there
The Pareshen neighborhood in Bourdj Hammoud in
the 1930s
Nor Hajin
Nor Marash's church
The "White Homes" in Ashrafiye
The first houses being built in Bourdj Hammoud's
Nor Marash neighborhood
The AGBU's Garmirian School, located north of
Beirut, in Debbayeh
The Gullabashen neighborhood of Bourdj Hammoud
Nor Marash
Orphanage in Jbeil
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