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Öbet Soliyan, village of Hamo                                                       2004

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Őbet is a shaykh in the esoteric Yezedi religion practiced by almost all of the few Kurds living in Armenia. He was at first suspicious of me and an Armenian friend as we walked through his village, but he then changed his clothes and mind. He invited us into his home for thick Turkish coffee and conversation about Yezedism.

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