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For three months, Chai-Khana has brought you the stories of people across the region who are overcoming fear. Over the course of 32 feature stories, and dozens of short c...

Fear

27 December, 2019

Ethnic Georgians in Gali fear losing native language

Since Georgia lost control of Abkhazia in 1993, it has been increasingly difficult for the ethnic Georgians who remain there to maintain their language.

Fear

25 December, 2019

Fear follows displaced families

For families on both sides of the Karabakh conflict, New Year’s has become an annual reminder of the homes they have lost.

Fear

19 December, 2019

Women behind the pink ribbon

Breast cancer is the most common, and the most deadly, form of cancer in Georgia.  While early detection can save lives – Mari Bobokhia's cancer is in remissio...

Fear

11 December, 2019

Azerbaijan’s workers are always on thin ice

With a large grey economy and poorly observed labour laws, Azerbaijanis who lose their jobs have little hope of recourse.

Fear

5 December, 2019

Creating a new home in a new land

When Teona Kasareli, 47, left Georgia 13 years ago, she had a single goal: earn money. She did not plan on making Italy her home and she certainly did not plan on he...

Fear

4 December, 2019

Searching for a safe place to play

Children in Armenia’s second largest city still play in the ruins of buildings destroyed in the 1988earthquake. Gyumri, a city of around 120,000 people near the Tur...

Fear

26 November, 2019

Dying alone

62-year-old Karen fears dying alone. He and his wife Silva, 56, are childless and live in a village in Vayots Dzor, in south-east Armenia.

Fear

13 November, 2019