Apo Sahagian was born in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem to a family that settled there as survivors of the Armenian Genocide. His Arabic pop-rock band is called Apo & the Apostles. 

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Apo earned his BA at the IDC in Herzeliya and an MA in Political Science from the Central European University in Budapest. Between his academic pursuits, he worked as a researcher at the Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economy, and Culture and was a program coordinator at the Center for Democracy and Community Development in Jerusalem. 

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Apo is the artistic director for various Jerusalem institutions, primarily the Jerusalem Season of Culture and their cultural house, Feel Beit. He also co-hosts Unholy Talks, a podcast that delves into local and international issues through a Jerusalemite perspective.  He has contributed op-eds to Haaretz and the Armenian Weekly. 

He spends his time between Jerusalem and Yerevan, Armenia.