Raffi (Raffi Cavoukian)
Born July 8, 1948
Meet Raffi Cavoukian: https://raffinews.com/
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His biography: https://raffinews.com/raffi/bio/
13 Facts About Raffi:
“1. HE’S ARMENIAN-CANADIAN BY WAY OF EGYPT.
Raffi Cavoukian’s grandparents fled their homeland during the Armenian Genocide in the 1910s. It was a combination of luck, endurance, and his grandfather’s serious knack for art—a talent he used to make fine portraits—that finally brought them safely to Cairo. For decades, his parents and their families lived happily in the Egyptian capital, where Arto Cavoukian, Raffi’s father, even managed to establish a studio for his work.
But by the late 1950s, political upheaval in Egypt and a less-than-tempting repatriation program for Armenians narrowed the family’s options for a happy life—so the Cavoukian family, including 10-year-old Raffi, emigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1958. The family had some connections there, and besides, as the singer wrote in his autobiography [PDF], “Montreal had too much snow, and New York was too big” for his father.
2. HE’S A HUGE HOCKEY FAN.”—from https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77122/13-facts-about-raffi-thatll-shake-your-sillies-out
Read more at: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77122/13-facts-about-raffi-thatll-shake-your-sillies-out
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Books by Raffi: https://raffinews.com/store/childrens-books/
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Spider on the Floor
Baby Beluga
Day By the Bay
Shake My Sillies Out
Wheels on the Bus
One Light One Sun
Everything Grows
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Contact Raffi: https://raffinews.com/contact/contact-us/
Phone: 519.787.1234
Email:[email protected]