Sheki, Azerbaijan

Meet one of the most ancient and beautiful places in the world.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Happy New Year!

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Its mid February and I still haven't wished you "Happy New Year!". We had an earthquake in Baku couple of days ago that I...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Azerbaijan - European chess champions 2013 and 100 years to Arshin Mal Alan...

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I haven’t been writing for quite a while but I was thinking about it quite a lot. Two things happened during this period that I am part...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Rich summer...

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I have mentioned many times here that we are blessed with rich and fertile land in Azerbaijan. This summer when I found myself in differen...
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Sunday, August 04, 2013

People behind the scenes...III...

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Today I will continue writing about one of my favorite subjects: about people behind the scenes. This summer I have done photos of some pe...
Saturday, August 03, 2013

About bread...

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I am greeting you from Azerbaijan today after some silence.  This post would be devoted to bread.  Not sure if I wrote about this b...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Peace of mind or why to visit Sheki...

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If you are a party animal and you are not going to throw that party personally then Sheki probably is not the place you are looking for......
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Thursday, May 09, 2013

Victory Day...or the most beautiful May...

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Our generation is so lucky not to live during the World War II...during fascism...  It wouldn't be right to divide people who fough...
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Sunday, May 05, 2013

Peace...Labour...May...

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Azerbaijan does not celebrate May 1 any longer. The date that many would remember with slogan "Peace...Labour...May". I love ever...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Colors of April...

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Today I am posting photos that speak for themselves. This is how colorful and different April has been in Azerbaijan this year.  When I...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Forty days of care or Spring of Life...

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Here I am back with you and its already April. I have been thinking about this post for awhile and today I will try to finish it.  Toda...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Remembering Khojaly...year 2013

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I must have written before that months of January and February are not the happiest for Azerbaijan. In Baku these are the gloomiest in term...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Mother factor...

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I started writing this post last week. That day I was writing that I had spent some time talking to one of my older relatives who was telli...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Old and kind Sheki...

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Today's post is a gentle "reminder" that this blog is actually about Azerbaijan with many posts devoted to the town that my ...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Love is...no...should be in the air...

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Nowadays it is so depressing to say the least to watch news. Wars, killings, people suffering, people destroying lives of others. Nobody is...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Galoshes and not only...

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Dear All, thank you for each and every of you for visiting my blog. Life has been too busy and to my regret I wasn't able to update t...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Everything grannies could tell…

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I took below photo in Sheki sometime in spring…Unfortunately I was there that time for funeral…Of course as always everyone was visiting th...
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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Everything becomes a history…everyone becomes a history…

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I have drafted this post long ago...sharing only now... Last week of May with its festive Eurovision final became a history. Thankfully...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Talk art…talk poetry…talk music…talk Azerbaijan…

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Today I want to say that atmosphere in the capital of Azerbaijan Baku is all about getting ready to Eurovision song contest … Baku has n...
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Discover Azerbaijan...

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Today I am posting random pictures and a video and will give some captions to each... This is a photo of a typical  window  in Sheki......
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Ayten Qiyas-Rustamova Айтен Гияс-Рустамова Aytən Qiyas-Rüstəmova
I am blessed with three sons and an amazing family. Parallel to my professional career among my best projects are translating "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho into Azerbaijani (year 2005) and writing, including in my blogs. Art by my husband Teymur Rustamov #teymurrustamovsculptor @teymurrustamovsculptor Первая переводчица "Алхимик"а Пауло Коэльо с английского на азербайджанский язык (2005 год). P. Koelyonun "Əlkimyagər" əsərinin ingilis dilindən azərbaycan dilinə tərcümə edən ilk tərcüməçi (2005-ci il).
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