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Come and be WOWed in Qabala says fiona Maclachlan

by Aydin Kazimzada

´Animation knows no border

by Ilkin Akbarzade

Our ancestors used to thread their prey onto skewers and grill it

by Prof. G.G. Mammadova

The ancient land of Azerbaijan has beautiful examples of the art of

by Dr. Hasan Quliyev & Acad. Teymur Bunyadov

Pages 24-27

by Jeffrey Werbock

The legend of the flying carpet was

Pages 74-76

by Kelsey Rice

Azerbaijan is a country of many cultural

Carpet weaving and mugham music have been ambassadors across the globe for the rich culture of the

There is a museum in the Lerik region on Azerbaijan’s southern border, a museum dedicated to

How Azerbaijan Offered Part of its Land to Armenia

by Dr. Ismail Musayev

by Dr. Rafael Huseynov

The Azerbaijani people have several holidays connected with

Dedicated to the singer’s 50th birthday

by Natavan Faig gizi

by Ian Peart & Saadat Ibrahimova

Shahin Novrasli is a name

By Mais Amrahov

Stages in its history
Once the Bolsheviks had occupied Azerbaijan

One of the world’s oldest oil industry hubs is currently undergoing rapid and dynamic

What an invitation, and in London town so easily accessible. Shall I go?
An advert for this Art

by Gunay Rahimova

Azerbaijan and the wider Caucasus have

Jeffrey Werbock has performed at an evening of Azerbaijani traditional music in the British

by Azad Sherif

The name Tofiq Quliyev may not be familiar to many visitors to

Almost 7 years have passed since a group of Azerbaijani IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) filed a

Yahad–In Unum is the leading research organization investigating the mass executions of 1.5

Found - the dairy of German prisoner of war Willi Desch…. ….When they came here they

Muhammadgulu khan, surrounded by his courtiers, was watching open-air theatre performances in the ol

The Maiden Tower is a Baku landmark, a much loved symbol of the city and of Azerbaijan. It looms dar

by Dr. G. Mammadova and PhD S. Haciyeva

In the year 2000 Norwegian explorer and

by Fiona Maclachlan

A few hours separate the clean calm air of Azerbaijan’s

by Ian Peart

Baku Jazz Festival 2006 was perhaps one of the most ambitious

1 April. A day when humour and laughter rocks the world, including Azerbaijan. People play pranks,

or How to try and hijack a three billion dollar oil deal on the back of a 650 CC Soviet-era

In 1918 a group of British and Commonwealth soldiers in Baku played a significant role in the

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project, or BTC, is a three billion-dollar investment to unlock a vast

On the last day of his visit to Azerbaijan, 1 July, Prince Andrew helped to celebrate his

by Gwendolyn Burchell MBE

Sevda Alieva is a 33-year-old mother of a gir

 Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev was born into a poor family in Baku and began work as a bricklayer.

After the First World War, the Paris Peace Conference (18 January 1919 – 21 January 1920) set

Introduction
Mountain Jews call themselves Juhuro (or Juvuro, in their Quba dialect), which means

by Farida Mamedova

The main cause of

Lord Fraser, could you tell us about your self and the Anglo-Azerbaijani Society?
Well, I’

What happened on 20 January 1990 was an act of terror by a totalitarian regime. The crime committed

Tamara Dragadze B.A. (Kent) D.Phil (Oxon)

Unlike any other dispute in the former

by G. Aliyeva

Azerbaijan’s oil industry developed apace in the

A nation’s cultural values tell you much and attitudes towards those values are no less

Baku and the Absheron peninsula are significant for their historic monuments and defence

Who could imagine the bustling, modern Baku inhabited by the fauna of an African savannah? Sounds

by Fiona Maclachlan

Hello to all the readers of Visions from for Protection of Animal Welfare