Leigh in Azerbaijan

Women here, when wearing coats, only seem to wear fur coats, short or long. Fashion is important here especially for the women. They will often wear stylish hats, amazing combinations of colours, short vests at breast height.
Men are more sober in dress. Jeans are rare (maybe it’s only expats). They only wear [...]

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I’m a month behind the game. Johnny Chung Lee has found that you can use the Nintendo Wii remote to create an interactive white board from any flat surface, as long as you have a data projector. This could revolutionize how whiteboards are used. The challenge seems to be in creating the infra [...]

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A friend’s uncle died this week. His death was expected so hopefully there’s not too much grief to be endured. She shared with me some of the customs. Apologies if I get them wrong.

On the third day the women meet at the cemetery (I guess the coffin is in the grave), around [...]

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At least it says that the information has been handed out by the government. It’s a pity it wasn’t scrutinised to find out what it means.
Registration procedure of foreigners and stateless persons changed in Azerbaijan

17 January 2008 [13:39] – Today.Az

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has introduced amendments to his previously signed decree “On creation [...]

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This weeks Today.az has an article decrying the lack of freedom in various states including the ex-Soviet countries. The following is an extract.
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Georgia and Armenia were ranked as “partly free,” and Azerbaijan was rated as “not free.” Overall, of the 193 countries surveyed, 90 were deemed “free,” 60 were judged “partly free” and 43 [...]

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