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Ethnic & Religious Minorities

February 2015

This edition of Chai Khana seeks to explore the unique diversity of ethnic and religious minority groups in the South Caucasus.

Ethnic Minorities in the South Caucasus

For this story, Jumpstart visualized attitudes towards ethnic minorities in the South Caucasus. Regionally, Georgia is the most ethnically diverse country with 16% of its...

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

25 February, 2015

Shlamalokhoun

Like every kid, the Muradov brothers had their wish for the New Year; they wanted a sister. It came true on January 1; Semiramida was born. She is the 4th child in a fami...

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

21 February, 2015

Lovely Apple Headshot

There is an interesting tradition during a Yazidi wedding; hitting the bride with an apple. This comes from ancient times, when the future groom, in order to ‘mark&...

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

9 February, 2015

‘Sinjar’

‘Sinjar’, a youth organization, reflects the generation gap inside the Yazidi community of Armenia. The youth takes their own actions in their own way.

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

9 February, 2015

Letters

More than 250,000 people are refuges after the war in Abkhazia in 1992-1993. People who were forced to leave their homes 23 years ago have no contact with the people who...

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

9 February, 2015

Stalin Refused Them to Roam

There are about 700 Roma people in Tbilisi. Mostly, they live compactly in the settlements in Tbilisi: Gachiani, Kobuleti, Kutaisi. The ancestors of the Georgian Roma peo...

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

9 February, 2015