Caucasus project blogs updated in English, Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian
The blogs section of my project on Armenian and Azerbaijani coexistence has been updated, and most notably with a post in English, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian by an ethnic Azeri refugee from Armenia who fled her home at the beginning of the conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh.
I was born in Vardenis in 1984 and four years later my entire family as well as all my relatives had to leave Armenia, fleeing to Azerbaijan due to the mass displacements. I was only four when I left Armenia, but in retrospect I don’t know whether that’s fortunate or not as I am unable to remember everything I left behind. But I do remember our house, our garden, the playground, my friends, my apple tree, and the rooster which I loved so much.
After arriving in Azerbaijan I used to dream about our house and walking in the ruins of our village. At some point, however, everything just faded away. Even so, my family have never lost their belief that one day we will go back home. We believe that two neighbors who have lived together for centuries will come together again even if evil has never left them alone and always whispers hatred.
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Zamira’s post can be found here and the URLs for the blogs section of the project are the following:
English:
http://www.oneworld.am/diversity/blogs.htmlAzerbaijani:
http://www.oneworld.am/diversity/blogs_az.html
While Zamira’s post is also available in Armenian it will still take a little time to get the Armenian version of the blogs section up and running. Stay tuned…
