{"id":163556,"date":"2014-03-27T07:14:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T07:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/zirzami-with-babi-badalov-being-gay-in-azerbaijan\/"},"modified":"2014-03-27T07:14:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T07:14:40","slug":"zirzami-with-babi-badalov-being-gay-in-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/zirzami-with-babi-badalov-being-gay-in-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"Zirzami With Babi Badalov: Being Gay in Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n    <iframe\ttitle=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tR72zs-e82M\"\tframeborder=\"0\"\tallow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Babi Badalov, one of the best-known Azerbaijani artists in Europe talked to Meydan TV about his life in Azerbaijan. 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