Kifayet Talibzadeh is helping a collective of women in Masally to use traditional sock-knitting culture to achieve empowerment.
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Tati Sattar
Tati Sattar was born and raised in Baku. As an independent photographer, she has dedicated herself to taking series of pictures, thinking about new photo ideas, and learning something new about photography. The inspiration to make art could be almost everything for her: the street, nature, different stories of people, and traditions. She likes to capture unexpected moments of life instantly and also create new stories by herself or add her own approach to existing stories.
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