GuestJan 6, 20212 minDead SoulTo tell the truth, before meeting an Armenian for the first time I couldn’t imagine them as human beings because my family has seen the war.
GuestJan 6, 20213 minAn Interesting Conversation between 3 CaucasiansIt was 11 September 2018. We were on the train going from Kiev to Dnipro for the second part of our training...
GuestDec 30, 20203 minAll roads lead to KFCThese “first encounters” started from naive contacts in Georgia...
GuestDec 30, 20203 minThe Act of MeetingI do not find anything extraordinary in my experience of encountering people with an Azerbaijani ethnic background...
GuestDec 30, 20202 minArmenians introduced me to FoucaultI had never been a person with prejudice. When I was a very young boy, I learnt from my grandmother stories about the coexistence...
GuestDec 30, 20204 minGetting to know your neighbors outside of your neighborhoodToday in the midst of war that gets uglier as it takes more lives, I keep thinking about the universality of the experience of a human...
GuestDec 29, 20203 minAn early lesson about fairnessWhen I was asked to write a short story about how I met an Armenian the first time or about an Armenian who impressed me the most...
GuestDec 29, 20204 minHopeI have met many people from Azerbaijan during my trips to Georgia. With most of them we would have small talks in shops or cafes, & then...
GuestDec 29, 20203 minLiving in Peace with the EnemyI am from a small town in Azerbaijan. Our house was located near the settlements of the internally displaced people (IDP)...
GuestDec 29, 20205 minAzerbaijanis at a Dashnak eventBefore describing my first encounter with Azerbaijanis, I believe it is worth giving a brief outline of my upbringing & identity formation..
GuestDec 29, 20203 minLearning and UnlearningThe first time I met an Armenian was when my family just moved to Moscow & I was around six years old. I went out to play with other kids...
GuestDec 29, 20203 minBarriers are made to be brokenMy first encounter with an Azerbaijani person happened in Tbilisi during the workshop on the South Caucasus' conflicts...