BBC Azeri: Azerbaijani Carpets Rewoven

Nov 1, 2015

reWoven Exhibition, Europe House, Tbilisi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Last week BBC Azeri published my video report on reWoven, a sustainable development project to revive and sustain the art of traditional carpet weaving among Georgia’s ethnic Azeri minority. I had interviewed Ryan Smith, reWoven’s founder, over a month ago during an exhibition of some of the carpets made as part of the project, but only got to visit one of the villages where some of the weavers live last weekend.

My video report (above) is in Azerbaijani, but reWoven’s website in English is here.

reWoven Exhibition, Europe House, Tbilisi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Iormughanlo (Qarachop), Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Bilateral, Not Mediated: Why Last Week’s Yerevan Meeting Mattered

Oct 31, 2025 | Armenia, Azerbaijan

On October 21, 2025, an Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL) Gulfstream G650, call sign 4K-ASG, touched down at Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport. It was a historic event, commented many.

It was the first time an AZAL flight had landed in Armenia for three decades, claimed others. In fact, neither was correct though such minor inaccuracies probably don’t matter.