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Writer's pictureAnnie Nguyen

Azerbaijan

Updated: Jul 28, 2022

Ali and Nino - Kurban Said

Close your eyes, cover your ears with your hands and open your soul.

Ali and Nino is a novel about a romance between a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and a Christian Georgian girl in Baku in the years 1918–1920. It explores the dilemmas created by "European" rule over an "Oriental" society and presents a tableau portrait of Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, during the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic period that preceded the long era of Soviet rule. It was published under the pseudonym Kurban Said.



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