Women's Forum

This time it was not so easy to invite our guest to lunch. We chose to interview Agil Abbas, a writer, Member of Parliament and Editor-In-Chief of a newspaper. Those who are acquainted with him know well that he is glad to have an interview or a talk in an informal setting. However, he was not that accommodative when I was trying to arrange an appointment with him.

Bu həftə nahar fasiləsində qonağımız yazıçı  Ələkbər Əliyevdir. İnanıram ki, müasir ədəbiyatla maraqlanan heç bir kəs onun adını eşidəndə laqeyd qala bilməz. Müsahibim həm bir-birinin ardınca yazdığı romanları, həm də aqressiv müsahibələri ilə məşhurdur. Amma təbii ki, məsələ təkcə romanlarda, müsahibələrdə deyil. Ələkbər Əliyev həm də ötən il işıq üzü görən və oxuculara təqdim olunar-olunmaz hucumlara məruz qalan,

The appearance of Taher Gozel in a crowded room leaves few people unaffected. He is like a force of nature – impossible to ignore or oppose. Walking into Scalini restaurant, I wondered what this interview would be like. If there was anything I needed to know it was that Taher specializes in converting unorthodox minds. He can get a man, who is anti-marriage, to embrace conjugal values

Our word of the day is “provocative”. It is defined in the Collins dictionary as something that includes a lot of controversial ideas and so makes you think about exciting things. For example, when a man says he has never seduced anyone, a woman begins to wonder if she could be the first one. His statement is like an open-ended question, a challenge, or a call to action. For many of us (women) falling in love is a rescue mission or the reverse.