Written by Afsheen Sharifzadeh, a graduate of Tufts University focusing on Iran and the Caucasus. The goal of this article is to familiarize the reader with the looks and feels of Circassia, its people and language in a historical and modern setting.  Descendants of Circassian deportees in Istanbul, Turkey (2011) commemorate the banishment of their ancestors from their …

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