Jerusalem of Transformation, The
Popular Understandings About and Attitudes Towards the Armenian Quarter

The Jerusalem of Transformation studies the history and the population ideas about the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem and how the citizens treat the cultural spaces of the quarter. It centers on three main, popular areas of the quarter: the Calouste Gulbenkian Library, the Cathedral of Saint James, and the Saint Tarkmantchatz School. Author Areg Allen Sarkissian has interviewed numerous people who call the Armenian Quarter home. In doing so, Sarkissian takes the discussion of the Armenian Quarter out of the realm of academia and puts it back among the people.