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This com ic was m ade as

a par t of Peace Dialogue

NGO's Let 's See... Let 's

Choose... Let 's Chan ge...

project.

The Pr oject s Ger m an

Part ner - OWEN -

Mobile Akad em ie fr

Geschlecht er dem okr at ie

und Friedensfrderung

PEACEDI ALOGUE

non-governmental organization

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Ar am and A li w er e living in t he sam e yar d in t he sam e block of flat s in Baku. They w er e of t he sam e age and t hey

st ar t ed and ended ever y day going t o school, playing and singing t oget her . Ever y t im e t hey played t oget her , t hey sang

a song. They had invent ed i t t hem selves and it w as a m eans of expr essing t heir und er st andin g and love t owar ds each

ot her . They had n ever asked wh at nat ionalit y t hey belonged t o. They n ever argued and alw ays pr otected each ot her.

One day, Ar am s fam ily w as packing t heir belongings. Their neighbours were helpin g t hem t o pack and w er e saying

t hat t hey w ould send t he thin gs t o t hem as soon as t hey got t o Ar m enia and set t led. Thr ee year s passed and t hey sent

all t heir belongings st ep by st ep, even t heir books and br ochures.

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One day, t hey w er e each guar din g t he bord er s of t heir count r ies. Sudd enly a song was heard . Eit her t o ease the night

or t o help over com e the fear , Ali had r em em ber ed t he song of his childhood. Hear ing t he sounds of t he famil iar song,

Ar am st ar t ed askin g quest ions in Russian and t he tw o spoke so fr eely t hat t he night passed in a flash.

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Their acquaint ance had left such a deep t r ace in t heir lives t hat aft er t hey r et ur ned t o their count r ies one and a half

years later, they talked and told stories about each other all the time. I dont know whether they kept their promise

and m et or n ot . But t hey never t hought t hat t hey w er e enem ies. The genuin e song of t heir childhood connect ed and

pr otected t hem