The other day, I was in the waiting room of a doctor’s office in Haifa, when three people walked in and sat behind me. Two were men dressed in Western clothes, one looking to be in his 30s and the ...

For the past 24 years, the International Circassian Association (MChA), which has its headquarters in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (KBR), has sought to function as a bridge ...

As part of our ongoing series highlighting the work of activists promoting European minority and regional languages in digital spaces, we would like to feature Emre Phsigusa (@emrepshigusa). Through ...

The name Sochi is a Circassian word that means “the land between the sea” in the Circassian language. But many Circassians say they are not represented at this Olympics. That’s because the Russian ...

Damascus, Dec. 26 (SANA) The Circassian Charitable Association in Damascus on Thursday opened an exhibition of books and historical documents highlighting Circassian history, cultural heritage, and ...

TRT has been broadcasting programs in different languages and dialects for the last 18 months. While Kurdish broadcasts are banned in local media, Radio 1 and TRT3 broadcasts programs in the Bosnian ...

“We have never been united,” says Janberd Dinçer, one of Turkey’s leading Circassian activists. “But today, we are more divided than ever.” Dinçer is a leading member of the Federation of Caucasian ...

“They tried to forget us, as if we never even lived there,” says Circassian architect Abdullah Makhmudovic Berisov. Now 67 years old, Berisov speaks about the pain he feels when thinking of the 2014 ...

BOLSHOI KICHMAI, Russia (AP) While Vladimir Putin and rich Olympic sponsors watch the Winter Games in gleaming arenas, boys in nearby Bolshoi Kichmai herd their goats by tying them to rickety bicycles ...