Friday, March 13, 2009

FEATURE: Azeri-Armenian gay love story strains at taboos (alertnet.org)

Source: Reuters
By Matt Robinson and Margarita Antidze

BAKU, March 12 (Reuters) - Alekper Aliyev's mobile phone buzzed on the iron table. "What's going on is a nightmare," said the text message from one of his readers. "I worry about you. Take care. Don't give up."
The 31-year-old Azeri novelist says he knew his latest book would cause a storm, but he never imagined the police would get involved.
'Artush and Zaur' -- the story of a gay love affair between an Azeri and an Armenian amid war between their countrymen as the Soviet Union collapsed -- is cultural dynamite for mainly Muslim Azerbaijan.

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