The Armenian Genocide started on 24 April 1915 with the deportation of Armenian intellectuals . The Armenian communities in Egypt received some percentage of the refugees and survivors of the massacres in Turkey . The total number of Armenians in Egypt in 1917 was 12,854 inhabitants . They increased to reach its peak in 1927 census data where their total number was 17,188 inhabitants most of whom were concentrated in Cairo and Alexandria . Some independent estimates push the number of Armenians in Egypt to 40,000 inhabitants at the beginning of year 1952 . Armenian community life in Egypt revolved around the Armenian Apostolic Church and , to a lesser extent , the Armenian Catholic Church . Over 80 % of the adult Armenian population in Egypt worked as skilled craftsmen or in administrative positions , wholesale , retail and services . A very small number of Armenians , only around 5 per cent , worked as unskilled laborers ; even fewer were landowners or farmers . Egyptian Armenians were relatively prosperous compared to Armenians in other Middle Eastern countries ; of the 150,000 Middle Eastern Armenians who emigrated to Soviet Armenia between 1946-48 , only 4,000 were Egyptian
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenians in Egypt