No #FreedomOfSpeech in #Azerbaijan, but journalist Ismayilova is defiant after 1 month in jail http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-ismayilova-media-jail-trial/26785334.html …
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MEMORIES OF BAKU. Published by Marquand Books. Edited by Nicolas V. Iljine. Text by Farid Alakbarli, Fuad Akhundov, Farah Aliyeva, Jahangir Selimkhanov, Tadeusz Swietochowski. Memories of Baku is the visual retelling of the rich history of the capital of Azerbaijan and the country’s rise to power as one of the largest oil producing nations in the world. This publication showcases the unique socio-economic cultural and political situation of Baku in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, presented alongside aspects of Baku culture in the forms of architecture, music, theater and the visual arts. Embellished with photographs, advertisements and postcard views of the once-opulent city, Memories of Baku reaches beyond the classical stereotypes of Azerbaijan as „the land of fire,“ focusing instead on what are considered the more formative elements of Baku’s community. The postcard illustrations included in this collection are derived from the personal collection of editor Nicolas V. Iljine, who has developed a passion for discovering and sharing these impressions of an antiquated city with the public.
In an interview with R+ expert on Eastern medicine, doctor of science in history and PhD in biology Farid Alakbarli said that in the era of the Achaemenid Empire (the fourth to fifth centuries B.C.) watermelons were cultivated in Azerbaijan. Until the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries watermelon was less popular than the melon in the Muslim East. In the Canon of Ibn Sina and in the Pharmacognosy of Al-Biruni watermelon is mentioned only in passing as the „Indian melon.“ Later the situation changed.Seventeenth-century author Mohammed al-Mu’min writes the following about the watermelon: „Watermelon is a choleretic and a diuretic; it quenches thirst.Watermelon juice with honey and ginger is an expectorant,and when combined with milk is a choleretic.“Muhammed Yusuf Sirvani [Shirvani] in Tibbnama (1712) wrote of the diuretic, choleretic, and thirst-quenching qualities of watermelon. „These succulent fruits quench the thirst and replenish minerals within the body,“ the work said. http://www.regionplus.az/en/articles/view/2603
ZWISCHEN EUROPA UND ASIEN. Auch die Geschichte von Romeo und Julia hat womöglich im Kaukasus begonnen: In der Bibliothek der Erdölmetropole Baku in Aserbaidschan entdeckte Professor Farid Alakbarli die „Urfassung“ dieser Tragödie. Aufgezeichnet hat sie ein persischer Dichter vor etwa tausend Jahren. Heute liegt dieser Schatz neben einem Werk, das die UNESCO zum Weltkulturerbe ernannt hat, neben dem ältesten erhaltenen Lehrbuch der Chirurgie, verfasst vom andalusischen Arzt al-Zahravi. In Europa kennt man ihn als Abulcasis, den Begründer der modernen Medizin. (Text: arte)
PHR @P4HRAll detainees cleared for release should be immediately returned home or transferred to safe countries- & others charged & tried #CloseGitmo
Kulturelles Erbe Aserbaidschans. Manuskripte. Heydär Äliyev Stiftung Gebundene Ausgabe – 2013 von Farid Alakbarli (Autor), Mammad Rahimov (Autor), Abdul Samadov (Autor) —- Cultural heritage of Azerbaijan. Manuscripts. Heydar Aliyev Foundation Hardcover – 2013 (in German).
Muslim Heritage @HeritageMuslim Were you aware that in the 10th century, Ibn Sina (or Avicenna as he is referred to in Latin) acclaimed… http://fb.me/1MNLpO7Pr
Were you aware that in the 10th century, Ibn Sina (or Avicenna as he is referred to in Latin) acclaimed… http://fb.me/3cyJWg1or
„Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History“ by Marshall G. S. Hodgson (Author) and… http://fb.me/31FQ8CEDD
One of the highlights of the FSTC’s year 2014: President of FSTC, Professor Salim Al-Hassani, has been invited to… http://fb.me/1vuh4zxDi
Golnaz Esfandiari @GEsfandiari„I am Charlie, a cop, Jew, free“ „Not Afraid“ RT @arminarefi: „Même pas peur“, bld Beaumarchais. #Marcherepublicaine ”
Birgit Schmeitzner @BSchmeitznerIt’s a pity that Obama and Putin missed today’s #JeSuisCharlie rally in Paris. Would have been a statement. #FreedomOfSpeech #UnityMarch
UN News Centre @UN_News_Centre #UNESCO chief joins world leaders for #ParisMarch honouring victims of #CharlieHebdo attacks http://ow.ly/H8jad
Al-Aqsa ah 1500 aharu; Magna Carta ah 800; Congress of Vienna 200; Armenian genocide 100; MAG 80; Raajje ah 50; MDP ah 10 @anedhivehirajje
Andrew Peng @TheAPJournalist Tomorrow’s Die Presse front page: „Geschlossen gegen die Barbarei“ #MarcheRepublicaine #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/G78wQsOhx0
Kresy-Siberia @KresySiberiano amount of myths and lies will diminish my pride in Polands fighting record.
Snowbound? Learn history with Rabbi Wein #constantcontact http://conta.cc/1KpGVi3
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