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Tar player, composer and musician Mashadi Jamil Amiraslan oglu Amirov was born in 1875 in Shusha and received his first education in madrasah. As a child and young he lived in need. Mashadi Jamil, who lost his father Karbalayi Amiraslan bey when he was 12 years old, started selling baked …

The National Carpet Museum has marked International Museum Day with multiple events, Azernews reports. The photo exhibition “Talking Monuments” opened at the museum as part of the celebration. The main goal of the exhibition was to encourage young people to protect their cultural heritage and to draw their attention to …

Azerbaijan’s greatest architect Zivar bay Ahmadbayov was the first Azerbaijani to receive a European vocational education. He was Baku’s Chief Architect from 1918 to 1925. As part of his work in Baku, Ahmadbayov often visited the cities and towns of the provinces. This acquainted him more thoroughly with Azerbaijan’s architectural …

“Shusha, the heart of Karabakh, is a sacred and dear place for Azerbaijan and the entire Turkic world,” said president of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva during the panel “Cultural heritage as a foundation for sustainable peace” at the international conference “Advancing post-conflict humanitarian agenda: sustainable …

The Azerbaijani Education Ministry has published a video, demonstrating the future view of the Real School in the liberated Shusha city, the restoration of which has already begun, Azernews reports. On May 20, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev decreed measures to design and restore the building. Under the decree, for the …

On May 20, the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum will host a series of events on the occasion of International Museum Day. The photo exhibition “Talking Monuments” aimed to educate the young generation about the preservation of Azerbaijan’s national and cultural heritage, museums and historic monuments will open the event. The …

World-famous musicians gathered in Shusha to join the 5th Kharibulbul International Music Festival. The large-scale festival brought together Azerbaijani and international musicians from ten countries in Azerbaijan’s cultural cradle, Azernews reported. The history behind Kharibulbul Festival The festival was first held in 1989 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the renowned mugham singer Seyid Shushinski. …

It was an honor to visit the cultural capital of Azerbaijan, the Shusha city. The ADA university, Baku organized the Shusha International Forum on “South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation” (28th- 29th April 2022). The first day of the conference was held at Shusha, where I witnessed the robust development and …

Hamlet’s story was centuries old at the time that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, about 1599–1601. Hamlet corresponds to the figure of Amleth, whose story is narrated in the Gesta Danorum, Saxo Grammaticus’s late 12th-century history of Denmark. But the character’s famous hesitation—his reluctance or unreadiness to avenge his father’s murder—is central …

The Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum will host a master class on straw pattern weaving on Thursday, on the occasion of the May 5 – Azerbaijan’s Day of Carpet Makers. An experienced carpet weaver from the Kakalos village of Azerbaijan’s Astara district Rufat Rzayev will present the master class on the …