Uwe Bläsing – Senior Lecturer at Leiden University (The Netherlands) and Professor at Arya International University (Armenia), retired. Author of publications in the field of Turkology and Altaic Studies, with a special focus on language interaction (etymology): Armenisch – Türkisch, Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet nebst einigen Anmerkungen zum Armenischen, insbesondere dem Hemşindialekt (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature 4), Amsterdam & Atlanta 1995.Victoria Arakelova – Associate Professor, Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University; Associate Editor, Iran and the Caucasus, Brill. Author of publications in the field of non-dogmatic Middle Eastern milieu and ethno-religious groups, with a special focus on the Yezidis. Co-author with Garnik Asatrian of The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and their Spirit World, ACUMEN Publishers, London, 2014. Matthias Weinreich – Independent Researcher in Iranian Studies and Dardic Languages with special focus on Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. Author of publications on Middle Persian, Domaaki as well as on contemporary Pashtun society: We Are Here to Stay. Pashtun Migrants in the Northern Areas of Pakistan (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen 285), Berlin 2009.

Uwe Bläsing – Senior Lecturer at Leiden University (The Netherlands) and Professor at Arya International University (Armenia), retired. Author of publications in the field of Turkology and Altaic Studies, with a special focus on language interaction (etymology): Armenisch – Türkisch, Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet nebst einigen Anmerkungen zum Armenischen, insbesondere dem Hemşindialekt (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature 4), Amsterdam & Atlanta 1995.Victoria Arakelova – Associate Professor, Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University; Associate Editor, Iran and the Caucasus, Brill. Author of publications in the field of non-dogmatic Middle Eastern milieu and ethno-religious groups, with a special focus on the Yezidis. Co-author with Garnik Asatrian of The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and their Spirit World, ACUMEN Publishers, London, 2014. Matthias Weinreich – Independent Researcher in Iranian Studies and Dardic Languages with special focus on Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. Author of publications on Middle Persian, Domaaki as well as on contemporary Pashtun society: We Are Here to Stay. Pashtun Migrants in the Northern Areas of Pakistan (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen 285), Berlin 2009.

Uwe Bläsing – Senior Lecturer at Leiden University (The Netherlands) and Professor at Arya International University (Armenia), retired. Author of publications in the field of Turkology and Altaic Studies, with a special focus on language interaction (etymology): Armenisch – Türkisch, Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet nebst einigen Anmerkungen zum Armenischen, insbesondere dem Hemşindialekt (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature 4), Amsterdam & Atlanta 1995.Victoria Arakelova – Associate Professor, Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University; Associate Editor, Iran and the Caucasus, Brill. Author of publications in the field of non-dogmatic Middle Eastern milieu and ethno-religious groups, with a special focus on the Yezidis. Co-author with Garnik Asatrian of The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and their Spirit World, ACUMEN Publishers, London, 2014. Matthias Weinreich – Independent Researcher in Iranian Studies and Dardic Languages with special focus on Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. Author of publications on Middle Persian, Domaaki as well as on contemporary Pashtun society: We Are Here to Stay. Pashtun Migrants in the Northern Areas of Pakistan (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen 285), Berlin 2009.