Winter of Disbelief
(AI 2.1) Spring 1994Front Cover: Interior of a refugee tent drenched by the afternoon sunlight. Imishli Camp.
Photo: Susan CornnellBack Cover: Artist's perception of refugees by Gaiyur Yunus
Because of the war with Armenians over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inside the territory of Azerbaijan, 1 million Azerbaijanis have been forced to flee their homes, villages, communities, schools and work places.
Check out the "Self-Portraits" that Azerbaijanis took of themselves to share with the world about their life in tent camps, railroad box cars, and improvised shelters made of reeds next to roads and highways.2 Reader's Forum
4 Editorial
5 Baku Diary: Life Goes On Despite the War: Wedding at a Refugee Camp - Susan Cornnell
10 1993 in Review - Habib Azarsina
12 Interview: Secretary of State, Dr. Lala Shovkat Hajiyeva - Betty Blair
14 When Words Fail: The Notion of "Refugee" and the Theory of Translation - Galib Mammadov
16 Hospitals in Baku: Empty Shelves, Barren Closets, Compassionate Doctors - Margaret D. Fox
17 When the Bread Runs Out - Svetlana Krasnova
18 The Economic Scene: New Labels-Old Deficits & Shortages - S. Turyalay
20 We Used to be Friends - Svetlana Turyalay
22 International Assistance: Where is it Coming From? - Susan Cornnell
24 Why Tents Now - Bill Frelick
25 Self Portraits: Introduction - Betty Blair
28 Letter to Editor - Gultakin Shakaraliyeva
32 Fleeing, poem - Rafael Huseinov, photo - Oleg Litvin
36 The Nakhchivan Connection - Ambassador-at-Large, Ramiz Abutalibov
37 The 500th Anniversary of Fizuli - Abulfazl Bahadori
38 Diary of Javad Mirjavadov: Metamorphosis of an Artist English (38-39), Azeri Latin (40-41).
42 History of Azerbaijani Publications in Southern Azerbaijan (Part 4) - Dr. Hassan Javadi and Abulfazl Bahadori
40 The Spirit of Baku, 1993 - Dr. Tadeusz Swietochowski
46 Reconsidering the Freedom Support Act - US Senator DeConcini
47 Newsweek: When the Victim Becomes the Bully (Armenia) - Steve Levine, US Grant Assistance to NIS (1992-1993); Freedom Support Act: What is it?
48 Azerbaijan's Representative at UN Refutes Armenian Claims - Yashar Aliyev, Chargés d'Affaires
49 Voices of Disbelief: Refugees Tell Their Own Stories
50 New York Times: Ambassadors from Armenia (Shougarian), Azerbaijan (Pashayev) and Turkey (Kandemir)
53 Azerbaijan's Presidential Election: Was it Fair and Democratic - J.Rousselier
54 Language Update
Turkish Language Conference about Languages of Former Soviet
Turkish Republics - Dr. András Bodrogligeti
55 US-Azerbaijan (Pennzoil-SOCAR) Joint Gas Conservation Project - Paul Justice
56 Education - Mud Vocanoes Researched by British Petroleum
58 Opportunities
60 1993 Calendar of National Holidays; Comparison with Soviet Calendar
62 Azerbaijan Directory
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