Archive for the ‘ Politics ’ Category

Iranian Dream

As any developing country Azerbaijan is a land of contrasts. There is Baku, with its street lights, numerous luxurious hotels and posh boutiques and there are regions. The video I saw today on Radio Liberty is a no-comment one. It shows Azerbaijani city on the border with Iran. And hundreds of people trying to get [ READ MORE ]

Corrupted No More

One of the good things about living in small communities is that rumors usually turn out to be true. No, not the gossiping-about-people-and-their-sex-lives kind of rumors, but the ones about important news. Right after Tunisia held the revolution and in the middle of the Egyptian one, the air in Baku started to change. A wave [ READ MORE ]

A Teenage Convict

On April 30th, 2010 I was taken to the police station for participating in a peaceful protest action along with a number of other people. It was my second time (the first one was also for peaceful protest) and I knew exactly what they were going to ask me. “What were you doing there?” “Who [ READ MORE ]

Democracy Freedom and Dignity

As the resistance in Egypt continues today, these are today’s updates. Egypt in Tweets: @alfredoboca: If your government shuts down the internet, shut down your government. @hasanalikhattak: women expected to take active role in protests today after men spent the night protecting neighborhoods #Egypt #Jan25 @samihtoukan Arab people are not extremist nor terrorists.Our time has [ READ MORE ]

R-Evolution

In May 2010 I took my first trip to Berlin to join Bloggertour 2010 organized by the Foreign Office of Germany. It was 16 of us from all around the world – from Costa Rica to China. It was a group of very special people, who, despite the racial and ethnical differences, were speaking the same [ READ MORE ]

Emin and Adnan: 17 months that changed things

This post is not about me. It’s about two people, worth love and respect who had to go to prison. And came back. And their friends and close ones, who stayed on the other side and didn’t give up. *** Azerbaijani bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade were arrested on July 8th, 2009 with the [ READ MORE ]

Porn and Elections: Connection Proved

While looking through my Facebook News Feed today, I saw an article posted in The Economist magazine’s fan page. I read it andrealized it was fate that brought it to my attention. It’s called “Pornography and politics: Rising to the occasion”.   According to the studies made by Patrick Markey of Villanova University, in Pennsylvania, and [ READ MORE ]

A Man and a Woman… And Lider TV.

My brother has been a journalist since the age of 16. He started working in a very difficult time for our family and would share with me part of the money he earned, so I could buy myself lunch at school. He would stay in the office till late night, writing several articles a day, [ READ MORE ]

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