Stories of forbidden love show the pain of fractured relations between Armenians and Azerbaijanis at their most poignant. Peace can fix them. ·It was New Year’s Eve 2025; that night was colder than any night that winter. However, perhaps Said was the only one who felt so cold in ancient Tbilisi. Every sensation was intensified, […]
Solving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will bring to an end the daily inconveniences and dangers faced by people on the borders. ·Consider a typical small village near the disputed border. Regardless of which side of the border the village is on, it surely will have something unique that you cannot find in any other village across […]
When the harsh reality of war struck, the simple dreams of school children were turned to dust. ·The sun was ready to set and the horizon blushed peacefully as the sun edged its way down. The voices of people rushing home from work and of city residents on their evening walk melded together in a […]
The intention of an imaginary literary stroll through distant Baku is cut down by a real and present meeting in a bar in Tbilisi. ·My essay was supposed to start with the following sentence: “There are many countries and cities in the world that I have not yet managed to visit and will perhaps never […]
All that remains of warm relations between neighbours are memories. Passing these on to the youth is a pressing task. Part 1 – The past spent together ·It was the year 1956. My grandmother Sumaya had remarried, finally acknowledging after nine years that her first husband would not come back from the great war. She […]
Political unity in the Caucasus was followed by an economic union, the countries’ strengths combining to make a prosperous and connected region. ·Next month, the Caucasus Union will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its establishment on May 26, 2020. World leaders, including the presidents of Russia, the US, China, India and Europe, have already confirmed […]
The natural beauty of Karabakh means that the region can quickly become a hotspot for tourism and a place where old friends can meet. ·For all the bloodshed that Europe has experienced – protracted wars such as the Hundred Years War, the First and Second World Wars – Western Europe has overcome previous hostilities. In […]
Three conversations in a café reveal stark differences between generations – those who remember peace and those who don’t. ·Here it is, the year 2015. I am sitting in a café and listening to some deep techno. I am letting my mind open and move to the future. The mind of a human being is […]
Returning to their former homes, Azerbaijanis may realise that some things are lost forever. But new things can be found. Chapter I ·It was a bright cold day in October, and the clocks were striking eight. Amelia groaned as she felt the sunlight on her face. “Ooh! It can’t be morning already,” she muttered. It […]
To live alongside former enemies without rancour means to recognise the suffering and pain which has been felt on both sides. ·This essay has been written based on writings by Armenian and Azerbaijani authors on the Karabakh War. Lusaharvatzner is a village in the future where the Armenians and Azerbaijanis living in an open space […]
Solving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will bring to an end the daily inconveniences and dangers faced by people on the borders. ·After decades of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a peace agreement has finally been signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Though an official agreement has been achieved and armies have withdrawn, the people have trouble truly understanding it […]
Whatever the past, the demands of the future and an inability to escape from the present make pragmatism and peace the only option. ·My name is Susanna, I am from Nagorno-Karabakh. I was born in 1991, the same year the war broke out. When the shelling began, my mother had to take my five-year-old brother, […]