Posts Tagged ‘south caucasus’

The Street Shoe Project: Stops in Vanadzor and Tbilisi

The Street Shoe Project: Stops in Vanadzor and Tbilisi

The Street Shoe Project has been on the road, making stops in Northern Armenia in the town of Vanadzor (Kirovakan) and even crossing borders to Tbilisi, Georgia. The high-heeled phenomenon continued outside of our base in Yerevan, more notably in Armenia than Georgia, where less towering shoes were seen. The presence of so many shoe [...]

The Big Picture: Tbilisi’s Dry Bridge Market

The Big Picture: Tbilisi’s Dry Bridge Market

Tucked away behind Tbilisi’s main Rustaveli Avenue, overlooking a pistachio colored river is the Dry Bridge Market, a step into the labyrinth of history boiling beneath the region known as the South Caucasus. Here, Georgians, Armenians and Azeri sellers laugh together, eat together and spread their collected goods side by side for locals who browse [...]

The Big Picture: The Caucasus

The Big Picture: The Caucasus

A battleground for culture, religion and politics, the Caucasus is a collection of countries wedged between Turkey, Iran and Russia. Comprised of Chechnya, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and a handful of Russian republics, its rich ethnic history coupled with territorial disputes make it perhaps one of the most fascinating places on Earth. With reports of violence [...]

Armenians and Azeris Take a Seat to Discuss Each Other

Armenians and Azeris Take a Seat to Discuss Each Other

While most of us don’t expect political and cultural discussion when we pull over a taxi cab to get to where we need to go, a handful of Armenians and Azeris got just that thanks to a innovative social experiment called “The Passenger.” A documentary created by Armenian journalist Christina Vardanyan and Azeri journalist Framana [...]

Unity in Diversity: Overcoming Negative Stereotypes in the South Caucasus

Unity in Diversity: Overcoming Negative Stereotypes in the South Caucasus

In Tsopi, a Georgian village close to the Armenian border, a group of 80  pupils study together at a dilapidated school with no running water or electricity. Although this scenario might not seem uncommon in parts of the world, the students, who are ethnic Azeri and Armenians might surprise you.  Armenians know the Azerbaijani language [...]

10 Facebook Groups Worth Joining

10 Facebook Groups Worth Joining

1. Turkish ♥ Armenian ♥ Kurdish – Friendship Boasting over 14,000 members, this group promotes peace and understanding between, well you guessed it, Turks, Armenians and Kurds. Among recognizing that there are disputes between the aforementioned cultures, the group believes that solutions to disputes should be based on “mutual respect, sincere intentions, good will and [...]