Can Verdiz Bizler Yasayaq: Siz

Maryam looked at the children playing. She realized that every laugh she heard and every new brick laid in Karabakh was paid for by the pulse of her son’s heart. She whispered the words that were now carved into monuments across the nation: (You gave your life, so that we may live).

"I’m going so that the children in Shusha can finally go to school without fear," he told her. "I’m going so our land can finally breathe again." Siz Can Verdiz Bizler Yasayaq

A year after the victory, Maryam sat in a newly rebuilt park in Agdam. Around her, children were laughing, chasing each other through rows of freshly planted trees. A young couple sat on a nearby bench, planning their wedding. The silence of the "Ghost City" had been replaced by the rhythm of life. Maryam looked at the children playing