We’ve had a privilege to see some very interesting parts of this Caucasian country. The differences between them made us think about people who live in Azerbaijani cities and those who live in the villages scattered across the countryside. We decided to talk about it with Leman and Farid.
“Gender inequalities are not about discrimination but about protection, respect and love …”
Do you know what are some stereotypes about Muslim women and how would you address them? K: Most people have the perception that Muslim woman must be covered, loyal to her husband, that they always think about their children, try to live as peacefully as they can. But inside women´s mind different ideas can take place – they may want … Read More
8th day
I don’t even know when today started. It seems so long from the morning when I clumsily crawled out of the tent. I have a bruise on my hip because my mat isn’t soft enough and I basically sleep on the ground. We’ve done a lot today. Right after breakfast we sat down with our peers from Azerbaijan and did … Read More
“Men trebuh ostane”
“Men trebuh ostane”, a short discussion about Azerbaijani minorities Man tre bukhostaneh [men trebuh ostane; in exact slovenian pronountiation] means I love you in a language of Tat minority. As you can imagine this linguistic coincidence was a great fun for all of us. And it also woke-up our interest about minorities and their languages. In Azerbaijan live about 90 … Read More
Bumpy roads
Today we left the camp to visit Azerbaijan’s national park Goygol. For me, even a bus ride there was an experience. I didn’t seem to figure out what kind of people live here. There were villas and huge restaurants scattered around the hills. But countless shacks, even some tents, were a lot more noticeable than huge mansions. I saw a … Read More
Fireworks and bonfire
FIREWORKS AND A BONFIRE Today I got to dance!! I had to earn it though. We had two interesting workshops. In the first one we talked about directing and had to film a five shot video. The second was about Youthpass certificate which serves as a formal indication of non-formal education. In this worshop I’ve learnt an azerbaijani tongue-twister. It … Read More
The day that felt worse than it actually was
Determined to make as much as I can of the day, I started with a smile anyway. Our activities started with a BPJ workshop that turned into a lively disscusion about journalism and youth in our countries, Azerbaijan and Slovenia. There is a village near the camp. After lunch, we went there with the girls. We needed a sip of … Read More
On the way towards Wonderland Camp
8 AM: Aaaaand buses took off! We are far from being “swiss-on-time” and Azerbaijani far from being “Arabic-late” but we could feel the approximity of the time appointments. Especially if you are day time dreaming about dreaming an hour longer in the very morning. The convoy of buses in police escort is now driving by modest villages, crossing endless steppes … Read More
Red snails and a pink scooter – 3. dan
First stop of the day for Tjaša, Simona and me was Heydar Aliyev museum. A colossal modern building puts size of the already enormous neighboring buildings to shame. The architecture itself makes the museum experience awesome. Gleaming white waviness makes people look like small dark dots. We saw an exhibition called Treasures of Azerbaijan which was great. It consists of … Read More
Discovering Baku
The hostel excepted us with great hospitality. After the breakfast some of us were eager to discover the centre of Baku. The walk towards the beach of Caspian sea really made me feel smaller or somewhat different – enormous buildings, beautiful mixture of modern and more classical architecture, kilometers and kilometers long Baku Boulevard along the beach … Quite a … Read More