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Our next guest will come

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and share with you his very unique life

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which might have been led by a kid's dream

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Please all welcome Aram Hekimian

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Good Evening

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Thank you Patrick

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I am going to tell you

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my own story.

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When Patrick asked me to tell

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an out of the ordinary story.

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I thought I could just tell my own.

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As you could guess from my name,

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I originated from Armenia.

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I was born in Istanbul, and I'm not

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the 1st generation to come to France

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because my grandparents with their 3 kids

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came to France in the 1920's.

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Settled in Lyon's region

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seeking a better life.

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But unfortunately it didn't

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turn out that way.

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My aunt quickly died of Tuberculosis

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and my grandparents followed her,

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taken away by sadness.

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My mum and and my uncle,

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remained alone, orphans.

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My uncle was 18 at the time

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worked nearby, in Roman's shoes factory

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My mum went to an orphanage.

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Later, family members brought them back

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to Istanbul; where I was born.

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I'm born in a normal family,

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raised in a family cocoon.

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Similarly to all Armenian kids

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I went to an Armenian school,

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and at that time when I came back

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from school, in order to relax,

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my mum was reading me comic books.

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But unfortunately, she read it

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in a language I didn't know.

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And when I asked :

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"Mummy what language is it ?"

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She said : "It's French"

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My mum only learnt French and could

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only read in French.

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Obviously I could not understand a thing.

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I told myself that maybe, once I get older

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I could learn my mum's language

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I was also born in a cinema-lover

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environment. My whole family loved movies.

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I grew up with Jean Gabin,

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Delon, Belmondo and others.

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In black and white

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One day, my uncle

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took me to a James Bond movie

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I was fascinated by the car

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It made my day but I could sense somthing

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wrong with the car.

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I didn't know how to define it

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The next day when I woke up

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I found out what was wrong

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there was no telephone in the car

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I told myself it was really lacking,

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I was 8 at that time