"I conducted my first lesson as a teacher when I was 18 years old. I was studying at the Faculty of Philology, and suddenly a vacancy appeared in our village: I had to teach Georgian language lessons in one-on-one classes. This is where my story as
We have been at war since 1991 and we defended every inch of our land with our own lives. My husband's life was also sacrificed to this struggle in 1992. We knew that Eredvi had been attacked the day before and the captives had been taken
"Komli" The etymology of the word ‘’Komli’’ (meaning smoke from a household) is very interesting and if we look thematically, it tells the story of strong, able women. To this day, the rural population is counted by counting households with smoke, each belonging to separate families
"I was born in a border village, Vakhtangisi. 90% of the population in this village is Azerbaijanian. I didn’t have the opportunity to travel beyond the village. So, I thought the whole world was this village and I couldn’t imagine there was also Georgia beyond
Before I turned 21, I spent 5 years in the USA – first I went there by FLEX, then I was given a scholarship and I stayed at the university. I've always been interested in activism in Georgia and I've been observing it from the
I got married when I was 15 years old – I was already with my husband on my 16th birthday. I barely knew him, had seen him only once, when he bought cigarettes in my mother’s restaurant in Bakhmaro. He was a brunette and also
I’m a bisexual woman, co-founder of ‘’Tbilisi Pride’’ and LGTB queer activist. I was 13-14 years old when I first had a relationship with a woman. It was my first experience, but it was so weird and unacceptable that I ignored it in my mind, as
With the scholarship from the International Education Center, in September I went to Italy to study for my master's degree. I’ve been learning Italian from the first day since I arrived there. There were American students in the group with me, who, unlike me, we're
Introduction This story happened by an accident. I was 37 years old and working as a translator at a military base. Once in every six months, American Marines arrived in Georgia, and when one rotation arrived, they decided to go to an orphanage in Tbilisi, to offer