Leila Aliyeva is the Director of Marketing at the Ritz Carlton, Baku. Here she speaks to Maria Webster about her new podcast spotlighting female entrepreneurs and how the workplace is...
Azerbaijani artist and curator, Sabina Shikhlinskaya, speaks to Maria Webster about the opening of Metacode exhbition at Yarat Contemporary Art Space. Baku: Which works in the exhibition do you find...
Just a kilometre from the Baku City Circuit, where Max Verstappen won a crucial victory in his F1 2022 Championship hunt last month, a bustling community cinema is at the...
As spring comes to Azerbaijan, the concierge at the Four Seasons Baku, one of the city's foremost luxury hotels, gives their recommendations for what first-time visitors should do when out...
After an eight-year hiatus, Azerbaijani popstar Safura is back on the music scene with her new album, Möcüzə (‘Miracle’). The 29-year-old singer first found fame when she won Yeni Ulduz...
Wide-eyed and curious: Brazilian street artist Nina Pandolfo’s ethereal women have been brought to life in the Gratitude exhibition at the The Heydar Aliyev Centre, in partnership with JD Malat...
In 1949, archeologists in the Altai mountains discovered the oldest ever pile carpet. At 2,500 years old, the so-called Pazyryk rug is the legacy of an ancient Eastern carpet weaving...
Sabina Kristensen is one of the pioneers of creative retail in Baku. The Baku-born fashion entrepreneur was art director of Emporium, the city's first, defining concept store on the shores...
Fakhriyya Mammadova is the creative force behind the Baku Street Photo Festival. The artist and curator is helping young photographers establish their names, with the finalists for the first edition...
How one organisation is transforming the Caspian Sea coastline into a haven for biodiversity. Leyla Aliyeva set up IDEA in 2011 with one goal in mind: to push environmental issues...