Sona Dilanyan
‘Black’ culture of Caucasus: individual choice or old-world tradition?
By Suel Huseynzade and Sona Dilanyan …any colour – so long as it’s black Henry Ford. Black! One may say that ‘black’ as a color is relatively popular and commonplace within many societies, but as a rule, every other culture has its own reasons to wear it: some prefer it because it goes with pretty … Continue reading
Connecting the disconnected: eco-friendly dryers
Bu Suel Huseynzade and Sona Dilanyan If you live in Caucasus, the chances are, everyone in your neighbourhood knows all about your underwear. Sounds disturbing? Not at all, perhaps you just haven’t been to any of the urban centers in Armenia or Azerbaijan yet. While their highly consumeristic and claiming-to-be ‘ecologically aware’ Western European kins … Continue reading
Perspectives on Track II Diplomacy (interviews with Imagine Center’s co- directors)
How can Track II diplomacy initiatives contribute to Karabakh peace process? Can the conflicting sides reconcile? Is there any space for possible relation- building and cooperation? These and other questions are the core focus of the podcasts below prepared by 2011 Imagine alumni Suel Huseynzade and Sona Dilanyan, who interviewed Co-Directors of Imagine Center for … Continue reading
New Year Message from Imaginers! (video)
This video is made possible by the support of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) as a part of Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s Community Youth Peacebuilding Through New Media project. The contents of this article are the sole responsibility of its authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Eurasia Partnership Foundation, FCO or … Continue reading
Street food culture in Yerevan and Baku (in Connecting the Disconnected)
Street food and its culture are closely linked to the urban culture. Along with a small number of fast food chains located in highly urbanized areas, both Baku and Yerevan offer a large number of small street food businesses. The phenomenon of street food is often perceived very negatively among the citizens of both countries, … Continue reading
