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Vafa Naghi. Photo:  Turkan Bashir.
Azerbaijan

Voice | ‘I did all these things so that the women would not lose hope’

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Vafa Naghi is 36-years-old former journalist and graduate of Istanbul’s Sabahattin Zaim University. She could have had a bright career in Baku or abroad. But after graduation, she moved back to Kholgaragashli, the village of her birth, to start a small sewing workshop to help the local women find jobs and their independence. After submitting this piece, she was elected to the municipal council. ‘When I was in the fourth year [of university], my grandmother died and after many years away I h

The handiwork of Nerses's wife, Anzhela, which they hope to at one point sell.
armenians

‘Happy is he who is happy at home’ — a Syrian shoemaker in Nagorno-Karabakh

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Stories written about Armenians from the diaspora who moved to Nagorno-Karabakh are, as a rule, positive: about successful businesses or achievements in agriculture. But among those who moved to Nagorno-Karabakh there are many who struggle to make ends meet; the Demirchyans, are such a family. They decided not to run away from problems, but to stay in Nagorno-Karabakh. Sixty-seven-year old Nerses Demirchyan moved to Nagorno-Karabakh from Syria in 2001 with his wife Anzhela and his mother. H

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