Faith in Absolute – Religion you never heard about
When you think about a non-Abrahamic religion you would think of it as a new age movement with Ayahuasca and weed ceremonies with no written scripture. Well, think again. Today you are going to read about a fringe religious movement that does not think of itself as a religion.
Interview with Tom Lines
I recently had a chance to interview Tom Lines who worked in Baku for a little over a year, from the second half of 1992 to the second half of 1993, as project manager in the Coordinating Unit that was being set up for the EU’s new aid programme to Azerbaijan. He arrived shortly after President Elchibey’s Popular Front government took over from President Mutallibov, lived through the worst of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh and departed a few months after Heydar Aliyev came back to power. A small part of his job was to report on political developments to the European Commission. His main qualification for the job was a languages degree, including Russian, and over 20 years’ intermittent experience of visiting the USSR and its successor states. This was his first time in the Caucasus region.
A Dashnak in Azerbaijani Parliament – Arshak Malkhazyan
Known to few, Armenians participated in Azerbaijani state building. To name, Arshak Arutyunovich Paronian, Ervan Fadeevich Taghionosian, Isaac Nikitich Hojaev, Stephen Sergeevich Taghionosian, George D. Shahnazarov, Arshak Hovhannesovich Malkhazyan, Khoren…
Few words about Azerbaijani identity
Are we Turk? Are we Azerbaijani? Are we older than Coca-Cola? Let's find out.
An honest opinion about Armenians, Karabakh and human rights
The amount of misinformation between Armenians and Azeris is terrifying. Azeris hate Armenians so much that they have no idea that most of Armenian dissidents and opposition members are nationalist and probably have hatred towards Azeris as much as more than current Armenian ruling party.
A trip to “Bulla” – abandoned island of Caspian sea
Today we are going to "Bulla". An abandoned island, stood there for years since Soviets. An island located 13 km away from Baku. Our friend Huseyn Mammadov made a new…
What Azerbaijani youth think about recent escalations?
Photo credit: www.baku.events As you know recent escalations forced Azerbaijanis to question their 'humanism'. As in all countries, we also had warmongers and pacifists.