Vahe-Vahian was the fifth son of his parents ; Hagop Abdalian , a merchant , and Azniv Vartabedian , who , with his two elder sisters and mother survived the Armenian Genocide of 1915 . As a kid , Vahe-Vahian had been the ocular witness of the assassination of his two brothers and father , and those atrocious scenes haunted him the rest of his life . After the many vicissitudes of his life , he completed his tertiary studies in 1930 , with a BSc in Structural Engineering from the American University of Beirut . The next four years he taught physics and mathematics to the upper classes in Broumana High School , and then , in 1935 he was invited to Melkonian Institute of Education in Nicosia , Cyprus , as lecturer of Armenian language and literature
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Vahe Vahian