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"Deportations & Pogroms": Bright Garden Voices Meeting 5
Our fifth meeting "Deportations & Pogroms" had four refugees from Armenia and Azerbaijan and guests. Anna, Farid, Stanislav and Zaur shared their experiences when they and their families had to flee their homes, their opinions about the conflict and hopes for the future.
Anna Arutyunova is a cancer researcher at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and is pursuing her graduate degree. She was born in the US to an Armenian family, originally from Baku, Azerbaijan. In order to escape the January 1990 pogroms, her family initially fled to Armenia. In 1992 her family obtained refugee status and were received by the US in a small town in Idaho.
Farid Salimzade is a medical student in Turkey. He was born in Baku in 1995. Farid’s relatives were forced to leave Armenia in late 1987 due to pogroms. He lived in Russia and then in Baku again before moving to Turkey for his studies.
Stanislav Sarkisov is a lawyer from California. He was born in Baku in 1985, leaving to Moscow in 1988, when tensions against Armenians started to arise. He lived with his family in Russia for a couple of years until they all moved to the US, settling down in Utah.
Zaur SadigBayli is a lawyer and a civil administrator in France, helping with the administrative issues of people seeking refuge or moving to France to start a new life. He was born in Yerevan in 1976, and had to leave Armenia in 1988, when he was 11.5 years old. Zaur’s family fled to Azerbaijan and Zaur later moved to France to pursue his undergraduate studies, where he finally settled down and continues to reside to this day.
Bright Garden Voices (Պայծառ Պարտեզի Ձայներ - ParlaqBağ Səsləri - Голоса из Светлого Сада) is a project that intends to provide a platform for constructive dialogue between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. We host Zoom meetings where guests from both sides share their experiences and ideas concerning all matters relating to Azerbaijani and Armenian conflicts and issues. Each meeting also hosts an audience which is able to propose questions or comments to the moderators to be voiced. The meetings are recorded and made available online. This project is the initiative of three enthusiasts for peace and dialogue who want to build bridges between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. We are neither affiliated with nor funded by any organization for this undertaking.
You can also follow us on:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvD-kkmxYjvxqey8siYc3tQ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brightgardenv
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightgardenvoices
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightgardenvoices/
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By Bright Garden VoicesOur fifth meeting "Deportations & Pogroms" had four refugees from Armenia and Azerbaijan and guests. Anna, Farid, Stanislav and Zaur shared their experiences when they and their families had to flee their homes, their opinions about the conflict and hopes for the future.
Anna Arutyunova is a cancer researcher at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and is pursuing her graduate degree. She was born in the US to an Armenian family, originally from Baku, Azerbaijan. In order to escape the January 1990 pogroms, her family initially fled to Armenia. In 1992 her family obtained refugee status and were received by the US in a small town in Idaho.
Farid Salimzade is a medical student in Turkey. He was born in Baku in 1995. Farid’s relatives were forced to leave Armenia in late 1987 due to pogroms. He lived in Russia and then in Baku again before moving to Turkey for his studies.
Stanislav Sarkisov is a lawyer from California. He was born in Baku in 1985, leaving to Moscow in 1988, when tensions against Armenians started to arise. He lived with his family in Russia for a couple of years until they all moved to the US, settling down in Utah.
Zaur SadigBayli is a lawyer and a civil administrator in France, helping with the administrative issues of people seeking refuge or moving to France to start a new life. He was born in Yerevan in 1976, and had to leave Armenia in 1988, when he was 11.5 years old. Zaur’s family fled to Azerbaijan and Zaur later moved to France to pursue his undergraduate studies, where he finally settled down and continues to reside to this day.
Bright Garden Voices (Պայծառ Պարտեզի Ձայներ - ParlaqBağ Səsləri - Голоса из Светлого Сада) is a project that intends to provide a platform for constructive dialogue between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. We host Zoom meetings where guests from both sides share their experiences and ideas concerning all matters relating to Azerbaijani and Armenian conflicts and issues. Each meeting also hosts an audience which is able to propose questions or comments to the moderators to be voiced. The meetings are recorded and made available online. This project is the initiative of three enthusiasts for peace and dialogue who want to build bridges between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. We are neither affiliated with nor funded by any organization for this undertaking.
You can also follow us on:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvD-kkmxYjvxqey8siYc3tQ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brightgardenv
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightgardenvoices
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightgardenvoices/