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Rural Life

September / October / 2017

This edition reflects on the challenges and resilience of rural communities across the South Caucasus.

The Rural Teachers With a Mission

Author : Gayane Mirzoyan

The Pumpkins that Aren't Celebrated

Author : Anonymous

Farmers in the Wilderness

Author : Lilit Kochinyan

The Optimist from Sno

Author : Vladic Ravich

In the Flock

Author : Sergi Barisashvili

Fish Fantasies on Azerbaijan’s Pirallahi Island

Author : Vafa Zeynalova

Kalavan: A Village Reborn in Armenia

Author : Gayane Mkrtchyan

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Author : Nazik Armenakyan

The All-Girl Band Rockin’ Stereotypes Away

Author : Inna Mkhitaryan

Beyond The Hills

Author : Ehtiram Jabi

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Author : Rasul Guliyev

What China Means for a Georgian Tea Town

Author : Ian McNaught Davis

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Author : Katarzyna Król

Georgia’s Nutty Bug

Author : Mariam Khutsishvili

Simona

The Last Papaqchi in Sheki

Author : Sheyda Allahverdiyeva

Don’t Give up on Your Ideas, Climb Them

Author : Lilit Kochinyan

Aquaponics, or Bringing the Farming of the Future to Armenia

Author : Lusine Balyan

God, Thank You for Tea !

Author : Maka Gogaladze

On Stage at the People’s Theatre in Azerbaijan

Author : Gular Abbasova

The Price of a Closed Border

Author : Aren Melikyan

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Author : Hermine Virabian

Gambling Life Away in Georgia

Author : Ian McNaught Davis

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Author : Nurana Mammad

Georgia: A Mountain Woman Who Does Her Own Thing

Author : Tekle Kveladze

Walking for Water in Azerbaijan

Author : Sevinj Vaqifqizi

An Armenian Village’s Accidental Guest

Author : Ani Hakobyan

Safe Drinking Water, A Dream From Armenia

Author : Ani Grigoryan

Azerbaijan’s Economy Goes Nuts

Author : Chinara Majidova

When the Wind Blows

Author : Mano Svanidze

Nagorno Karabakh’s Road to a Better Life

Author : Knar Babayan

Azerbaijan’s Budukh: Looking for a Road to Relevance

Author : Elnur Aliyev

Listening to Georgia’s Rural Soundscapes

Author : Ben Wheeler

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Author : Misho Antadze

Reinventing Georgia's Soviet Houses of Culture

Author : Zurab Balanchivadze

No Electricity In Azerbaijan’s Green Hills

Author : Sevinj Vaqifqizi

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Author : Aziz Karimov

For one Azerbaijani village, justice depends on the English teacher

Journalist : Esmira Javadova

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Photographer : Chichek Bayramli

Azerbaijan: Despite state neglect, villagers make their own way

Journalist : Durna Safarova

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Photographer : Chichek Bayramli

A life spent collecting water

Photographer : Ilham Mustafa

Azerbaijani villages depend on manure for warmth

Photographer : Ilham Mustafa

Saribash: An abandoned beauty in the Caucasus Mountains

Photographer : Ilham Mustafa

Schools threatened by exodus from Azerbaijan's villages

Photographer : Vahab Isayev

Hope of the village

Filmmaker : Rafig Shahbazov