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Religious Beliefs

August / September / 2018

This edition explores the diversity of customs, practices and beliefs across the region.

Azerbaijan: What Islamic Fashion Means for Female Believers

Author : Vafa Zeynalova

Armenia’s Seven Nuns

Author : Armine Avetisyan

Georgia: Searching for Salvation from Military Service

Filmmaker : Anna Sarukhanova

Looking for Home: Georgia’s Muslim Eco-Migrants

Author : Giorgi Dundua

Georgia’s Goths: “We Are Not Satanists”

Author : Ekaterina Kharbedia

Azerbaijan's Lost Houses of God

Author : Tural Haji

Faith in God in the Army

Author : Knar Babayan

Azerbaijan: Getting Married at 17

Author : Lucy Wallwork

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Author : Sitara Ibrahimbayli

In Tbilisi, Graffiti That Speaks Loudly About Religion

Author : Maia Shalashvili

Armenia’s Vanishing Jewish Community

Author : Suren Stepanyan

Georgia’s Yazidis: Religion as Identity

Author : Elene Shengelia

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Author : Rana Aghayeva

Armenia: The Bishop of the Border

Author : Arus Hakobyan

Azerbaijan: Debating the Meaning of Kurban Bayram

Author : Ilkin Huseynov

A Georgian Priest in a Divided Parish

Author : Shorena Tkeshelashvili

Georgia’s Madrasas: Educating Women

Author : Elene Shengelia

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Author : Nurana Mammad

Living as Muslims in Christian Armenia

Author : Armine Avetisyan

Armenian Evangelicals Work for Hope

Author : Hambardzum Vardanyan

The healing powers of Azerbaijan’s shrines

Author : Ehtiram Jabi

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Author : Guy Edmunds

Trialeti - One Village, Three Faiths

Author : Shorena Tkeshelashvili

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Author : Konstantine Komakhidze

An Azerbaijani actor bridging Islam and Krishnaism

Photographer : Vahab Isayev