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May is in the air...
May has come and nature is continuing to flourish…April has been quite rainy in Baku and Sheki but in May even rain smells spring. Last week I had a very short runaway to Sheki to participate at a...
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9th of May - Victory Day in Azerbaijan...our Nurmammad baba...
Recently I was at friend’s birthday party where grandfather of the family was also present."Nurmammad Ahmadov was born in 1925 in Sheki. In 1942 his birth certificate was torn apart and birth date...
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28 May - Republic Day in Azerbaijan
Just like any child who wants to get independent and do everything as he considers appropriate starting well once he/she is one year old or maybe earlier, historically every nation struggled for its...
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Azerbaijan and Italy...
There must be people that enjoy cool or even cold weather and there are the ones that love heat or maybe better warmth of generous Sun...We in Azerbaijan enjoy sun during most months of the year…cold...
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Generous summer...
Summer for me feels like or wants to feel like one long weekend when only sun, sea, smiles and good mood should happen to people. Everything else feels very unnatural and inharmonious…Let’s talk about...
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Summer motives…
Paradox of summer is that in parallel of being leisure time it’s also time when graduates are applying to universities. This means a lot of stress for families (and families in Azerbaijan usually love...
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Axır Cumay...Axır Cümə...or Last Friday of Ramadan...
Last Fridays of Ramadan are called Axır Cumay in Sheki. Cümə means Friday in Azeri but since Sheki has quite a strong dialect many words are told differently, the same is with the name of this day....
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End of Ramadan...
Before I move on to other posts I want to mention that this year's Ramadan ended end August...days in August are long and usually quite hot in Azerbaijan. This year although hot at the beginning...
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20 September - Oil Workers Day in Azerbaijan...
Just like certain characteristics can determine life pattern of a person, natural resources determine history and very often future of the country. Oil and gas resources of Azerbaijan shaped up its...
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Exploring more of Azerbaijan...somewhere between Sheki and Qakh...
This summer I realized that the word “explore” comes into my mind quite often. I was mostly linking that word to traveling but it applies to everything. I was thinking that although I live on Absheron...
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Exploring more of Azerbaijan...Nakhchivan...
Did it ever happen to you that when you saw pictures of some place in some magazine it was hard for you to believe that the places pictured do really exist...When a while ago I saw pictures of "Salt...
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Talking about the weather...
Haven't been blogging for ages...feels awful...but fortunately was busy with good things and hope to be able to write more again... Its late November and Baku witnessed snow already twice...this is...
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Winter in Sheki...
I rarely travel to Sheki in winter...probably because southern by nature I prefer travelling mostly when its warmer...nevertheless there is nothing more refreshing than awakening breath of mountains...
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Independent Azerbaijan...
Another year has passed. Year when nature, economies and politics lived through a lot of turbulence. Years can be different but wishes remain the same: health, peace , love and wealth.Azerbaijan had a...
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Snow in Azerbaijan…Azerbaijan in snow…
In some countries people long for sunshine…some cities long for sunshine…I have mentioned zillion of times on my blog that since we have nine climate zones out of elevenwinters are different in...
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Talk creativity, talk art – talk Azerbaijan...
Very often we come across stories when people in the capital have “strong” feelings regarding provinces or about people that come from provinces…As far as I can see these feelings are not unique for...
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Rest in peace dear Whitney...
Another talent is gone...rest in peace dear Whitney...you and your music will always stay in our hearts and history...I wonder if she ever found her "bodyguard" in life...
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Caspian sea in ice…amazing or strange February 2012…
I am afraid my blog starts to sound too English since I am writing about the weather again. I have an excuse though since what we are witnessing this February doesn't really happen too often. Maybe...
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March in Azerbaijan...
Although I wasn’t able to write as often as I would wish to that does not mean that March has passed unnoticed…Quite often I felt the urge to write and today is the day )This post is devoted to the...
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People behind the scenes…II…
This is my second post devoted to people behind the scenes.I had the post with the same title that I wrote back in 2007. Its 2012 now and I have the same “feelings” about the topic.In March when I had...
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