Armenians in Lebanon

==Women==
{{main|Armenian women}}

In 1932 Siran Seza, a Lebanese-Armenian writer, began publishing the first [[feminist]] literary review for women in Lebanon called ''The Young Armenian Woman'' ({{Lang-hy|Երիտասարդ Հայուհի|translit=Yeritasard Hayuhi}}). Seza was born in [[Constantinople]] (present day Istanbul) in 1903.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Manoukian| first = Jennifer| title = The Child of a Refugee| work = The Armenian Weekly| access-date = 2018-11-21| date = 2014-07-25| url = http://armenianweekly.com/2014/07/25/child-refugee/}}</ref> Seza had translated [[Goethe]]'s ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' into Armenian when she was 15; her talent was recognized by Armenian poets of the era, such as [[Vahan Tekeyan]], which led to her work being published in important literary journals of that time.<ref>{{Cite journal| publisher = The Institute| title = Al-Raida| date = 1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c6nxAAAAMAAJ |issue=65–75}}</ref> The final issue of ''The Young Armenian Women'' was published in 1968.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Cambridge Scholars Press| isbn = 978-1-904303-23-7| last = Rowe| first = Victoria| title = A History of Armenian Women's Writing, 1880-1922| date = 2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mOvE4Ec-_oEC&pg=PA132}}</ref>

The Armenian community in Lebanon developed educational institutions and organizations to address issues like [[poverty]], which were exacerbated by the violent conflict and crisis in Lebanon. The focus of these institutions was on women's role as mothers, which is not uncommon in times of war or violent conflict. They sought to kept Armenian children connected to the community by offering cultural activities like traditional [[Armenian dance]] and music. The three main Armenian churches ran private Armenian schools for the children; even the poorest Armenian families tried to enroll their children in private Armenian schools and they often needed NGO assistance to pay for the schoolbooks.<ref name=nucho>{{Cite book| publisher = Princeton University Press| isbn = 978-1-4008-8300-4| last = Nucho| first = Joanne Randa| title = Everyday Sectarianism in Urban Lebanon: Infrastructures, Public Services, and Power| date = 2016-11-22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OslIDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 |pages=75–78}}</ref>

Life in the Armenian community of Bourj Hammoud was largely effected by [[gender]]. Non-Armenian men, even those who married [[Armenian women]], rarely carried significant influence (''[[wasta]]'') in the community's social networks. For example, access to the only low-income housing for Armenians was governed by a set of "unofficial rules"; in practice, this meant that Armenian men married to non-Armenian women could rent or purchase an apartment in the housing project, but Armenian women married to non-Armenian men would face significant hurdles to secure this type of housing.<ref name=nucho />