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A discussion in English of the week in Georgia (the one near Chechnya not the one near Alabama) Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები
Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. That's it. Nothing scary about it.
კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები.
The MEME this week is a Buzzfeed-style quiz that tests your ability to understand the Adjaruli dialect. Link: https://bit.ly/2GuCysN
THINGS TO READ
**Al Arabiya published a strange article titled “Iran using religious indoctrination to gain influence in Georgia,” claiming that Iran is attempting to influence the Azeri minority in Georgia. Link: https://bit.ly/2H0v68f
**Radio Tavisupleba published a twenty minute documentary about the stigmatization of Pankisi Gorge residents. Link: https://bit.ly/2H8u0oz
**The Caucasus Research Resource Center Caucasus Barometer found that of all the factors that influence whether or not Georgians eat in restaurants, gender is the largest. Link: https://bit.ly/2uLQTf8
**Emerging Europe wrote about the development of Georgia as a tourist destination over the past ten years. Link: https://bit.ly/2uFzYuu
**Chai Khana wrote about Abkhazia’s bus stops and the work of Tbilisi born artist Zurab Tsereteli, who designed many of them. Link: https://bit.ly/2Ge6glS
**The ISET Economist blog wrote about a new Bidzina Ivanishvili initiative to use prison labor to generate energy for a new cryptocurrency, FitCoin, through exercise. Link: https://bit.ly/2q4LbQB