PHOTOGRAPHER: Mirnaib Hasanoghly Mirnaib Hasanoghly was born in Ganja in 1962. He graduated the Azerbaijan State Culture and Art University in 1989. Mirnaib has been working as a professional photographer since 1982. He is one of the authors of the books “Zarifa khanum Aliyeva”, “Azerbaijan”, “Azerbaijan Refugees”, “Two Photo-Talks on a Tragedy ” and Books about Khojaly. He is thw winner of “What is Khnolith”, “Free Person”, “Price water house” and other photo contests. Mirnaib Hasanoghly is the chairman of the Photographers’ Union of Azerbaijan since 2011.
According to a UNESCO decision, the Mugham of Azerbaijan has been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. In Azerbaijan proper, where the Mugham is perceived as an integral part of a system of fundamental cultural values of the Azerbaijani people, this decision is viewed both as a recognition of the merits by outstanding representatives of the genre and as a desire to attract the attention of the world’s cultural community to this unique heritage.
The book titled “Nagorno Karabakh: facts versus lies” (Нагорный Карабах: факты против лжи) by Arsen Malik-Shahnazarov, advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the so-called Nagorno Karabakh Republic since 1993, was printed in 3,000 copies by Volshebniy Fonar publishing house (Moscow).