STORIES
Religious Beliefs
August/September 2018
This edition explores the diversity of customs, practices and beliefs across the region.
The healing powers of Azerbaijan’s shrines
Physically, shrines can be elaborate building complexes, piles of rocks or simply a ribbon on a tree. What matters is their spiritual significance – and popular bel...
27 September, 2018
Georgia’s Madrasas: Educating Women
In Marneuli, the seat of the predominantly ethnic Azerbaijani region of Kvemo Kartli, a search for a moral compass -- if not devotion to Islam itself -- often explains wh...
18 September, 2018
Azerbaijan: Debating the Meaning of Kurban Bayram
Seven decades of communist rule did nothing to dent the popularity of Kurban Bayram among Azerbaijanis.
10 September, 2018