Ismayil Fataliyev

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Ismayil is a multimedia freelance journalist and civil activist from Baku, Azerbaijan. He has worked on several projects to develop civil society in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan

Broadcasting across the line of conflict, but is anyone listening?

by Ismayil Fataliyev

•5 min read

Broadcasting in Armenian across Nagorno-Karabakh, the Baku-based CBC FM hopes to reach out to the region’s Armenian population in order to ‘integrate’ them into Azerbaijani society. But with its frequent parroting of the Azerbaijani government line, the station’s mission remains questionable. ‘I don’t call them enemies, we are neighbours and must live in peace’, says 59-year-old Gulnara Javadova, who is translating into Armenian a text about the current socio-political situation there after th

Afrail Isgandarov’s family photo. Photo: Ismayil Fataliyev/OC Media.

Azerbaijan

A history of displacement: Meskhetians in Azerbaijan and Ukraine cling to their identity

by Ismayil Fataliyev

•8 min read

Seventy-seven years have passed since Stalin deported the Meskhetians from Western Georgia to Central Asia; since then, they have faced war and displacement multiple times. Despite continued hardship, two communities in Azerbaijan and Ukraine are still clinging to their identities. ‘More than 30 years have passed, but I want to go back because that place has specific air, water, and nature’, says Afrail Isgandarov, 67, a retired Meskhetian. Along with 250 other Meskhetian families, the Isg

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