Azerbaijan, a Citadel of Multi Ethnic Tolerance
I have just returned from a visit to Azerbaijan where I attended the 5th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, a two-day international gathering to build a dialogue into action against discrimination,...
View ArticleWith Its Resolution SR19-012 Colorado Senate Backs Russia and Iran
Last April 2019, the Colorado State Senate passed resolution SR19-012 that directly targets US national interests, contradicts US foreign policy and backs Russia and Iran in the strategically...
View ArticleNagorno-Karabakh Refugees: Stories of Loss, Survival & Hope
It is most difficult to put into writing a story told by people who have suffered tremendously. That’s what happened when I recently met with three men and one woman at a lovely café in Beverly Hills,...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Regional Force of Stability and Connectivity
In a world where the power of conquest, subjugation and the practice of intolerance is the norm, the Republic of Azerbaijan stands out as being different. In my several visits to Azerbaijan, I learned...
View ArticleRemembering Khojaly Massacre: Yearning to Forget and Forgive
On February 26, 2020, the Azerbaijani people will remember the Khojaly Massacre, which took place 28 years ago, the first genocide to have taken place in Europe, after the end of the Cold War and the...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Coping With the Invisible Monster COVID-19
The Novel Coronavirus – an unseen enemy – snuck unnoticed into landlocked Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is a landlocked country, strategically located between Russia and Iran in the South Caucasus region, on...
View ArticleArmenia Recklessly Transports Coronavirus to Nagorno-Karabakh
When Politics and the Zest for Power Trumps Life Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Armenia stages “elections” in Nagorno-Karabakh … and introduces the virus to the region. As humanity has been plagued by...
View ArticleAzerbaijan, the First Secular-Muslim Democracy, Twice Over
The Republic of Azerbaijan is the proof that Islam and democracy can go hand in hand. Azerbaijan, a presidential republic, its capital, Baku, is a former member of the Soviet Union. Bounded by the...
View ArticleLionizing Fascism Disrespects the Holocaust
Friday, May 8, 2020, marked 75 years since World War Two victory in Europe Day, or, VE Day, when fighting against Nazi Germany came to an end in Europe, leading to the end of the war. Despite the...
View ArticleAzerbaijan, Among Flattening the Curve Nations
The news speaks about flattening the curve and reductions in Coronavirus detected cases the world over. Often the media mentions flattening the curve in the United States, European countries, even...
View ArticleAzerbaijan 1918-1920 Democratic Republic: Islamic World’s First Secular...
Exactly 102 years ago, on May 28, 1918, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) was established, to be the first parliamentary democracy among all Muslim nations. This paramount event, of historical...
View ArticleRecently Uncovered Document Reveals Nazism Sympathizing & anti-Semitic...
A newly discovered Congressional Record, dated 1945, just came to light, offering insight into one of the more complex and shady political movements of today. The document focuses on the Dashnaks, an...
View ArticleArmenia, Fascism & Barbarism Targets Azerbaijani Civilians
July 12, 2020, marks one more day of Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan. Armenia’s armed forces launched a massive military operation against Azerbaijan, targeting the village of Dondar Gushchu in...
View ArticleAbdol Hossein Sardari, an Iranian of Azerbaijani Descent the Like of Schindler
There are some stories that evolve over time but their essence never ages. The subject of this story, first published March 22, 2014, was recently brought up by the Consul General of Azerbaijan to the...
View ArticleRussia-Armenia Destabilizing Nexus
Vladimir Putin is intensively arming Armenia against the Republic of Azerbaijan. Massive deliveries of Russian weapons to Armenia threaten a possible new war in the South Caucasus. In 1991, almost 30...
View ArticleArmenia, a Bad Actor in the South Caucasus and Beyond
As of this morning news: latest fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan began on September 27, 2020. The two countries declared Martial Law and as of October 5, 2020, Azerbaijan regained control of its...
View ArticleAzerbaijan’s 3 decades of Leaking Wounds, Living in Dread and Confronting Lies
Azerbaijan is alone in the struggle to liberate itself from Armenian aggression and Armenia’s illegal occupation of Azerbaijan’s land. I hold an affinity for Azerbaijan, a country that has been a...
View ArticleArmenia Never Sought To Peacefully End Its Conflict with Azerbaijan
Syria Landmine Tactics For the first nineteen years of the state of Israel’s existence – 1948-1967 – the Syrian government, which was extremely hostile to the Jewish State, had its army entrenched and...
View ArticleBreaking News: Four California Legislators Engage in Genocide Denial
The Khojaly genocide is a 20th century tragedy that is now being denied by California legislators who appear to be using lies to raise money. What is more a powerful evidence than on the ground,...
View ArticleIran-Armenia Alliance Continues in Karabakh, With Help From Russia
For almost 30 years, the Republic of Azerbaijan had to walk in fuzzy international corridors seeking a peaceful solution to Armenia’s illegal occupation of around 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s sovereign...
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