Clusters - News and stories around Caucasus

Photo Journal: Spanish woman with a rounded forehead, a femme fatale from Saint Germain and others

April 06, 2018

By Georgian blogger Margot Lescaut. She travels often, ever on the watch-out for interesting stories in the street

Filipinos in Armenia

March 31, 2018

The number of Filipino visitors to Armenia increased more than 30 times in the past three years. Here’s why they come here

Video: A story of how a woman became a police officer in one of Georgia's most patriarchal communities

March 22, 2018

A young woman who liked to fight and play war games as a child

An illegal show in 9 photos: cockfighting in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

March 21, 2018

Earlier it was a source of making money, whereas now people are fined for that. However, the tradition has survived regardless

Life after rape: The story of 22-year-old Salome Zandukeli

GenderLife

March 18, 2018

Salome talks about how to live, fight and survive

Sex at an early age - what do Azerbaijanis think about it

March 18, 2018

A recent scandal involving school students in Baku has stirred up stormy public discussions

Letters from prison: always at a crossroad

March 07, 2018

A convict serving a life sentence writes letters to those ‘on the other side’. The fifth letter

13 photos from an Azerbaijani hamlet on the outskirts of civilization

Travel Azerbaijan

March 06, 2018

Know a man by his cattle

Turkey: murder and violence against women on the rise

Turkey

February 25, 2018

Local activists say that the media as well as advertising and religious institutes propagate sexism

A girl from the village who made it

February 22, 2018

A fairytale reminding one of the Dark Ages, where young ladies are only allowed to pick up the phone after betrothal 

VIDEO: Azerbaijani folk healers remove disease by blowing into children's nostrils

Travel Azerbaijan

February 18, 2018

What's it like being treated by a chopchu? JAMnews explains

Letters from prison: The final warning

January 31, 2018

A life-sentence convict writes letters to those ‘on the other side’

Video survey in Abkhazia: What is the Abkhaz honour code, and should it be observed?

Abkhazia

January 19, 2018

All respondents said the ancient honour code still applies today

Marriage used as a scamming method in Turkey

January 09, 2018

Fake brides, stolen money and gold, and a popular TV host who suggests changing ancient traditions

Potatoes growing on trees, tangerines and other fruits: 25 photos from the South of Azerbaijan

Travel Azerbaijan

January 07, 2018

Farmers from Mashkhan village share their stories

Commentary: 10 reasons women struggle in the Caucasus

January 06, 2018

Double burden: уou are a mother and a woman - what would people say?

How the Russian Molokans preserve their ancestral traditions in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

January 03, 2018

Stories from the unique Ivanovka village

A photo story about handmade Christmas tree toys in Abkhazia

Abkhazia

December 25, 2017

Some of them feature the Abkhaz Santa

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