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Magic City

Opening in 2021, Magic City in Tashkent, spread over 21 hectares of a former Soviet park, is a fusion of a shopping centre and a theme park… [...]

Draft

A pensive pause from the fort of Mug Tepe in Istaravshan, whose horizon seems blocked by a building under construction. Credits : Davide Pilloni (@flip_khan, Italie) Find… [...]

Yak wandering

Yaks graze peacefully at the foot of the mountains surrounding Lake Song-Köl. Credits : Lucas Fita (@lucasfita_notes, Portugal) Find all of our… [...]

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

The mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, a 12th-century Sufi poet and mystic, is remarkable for several reasons. An important place of pilgrimage, its presence conferred on the… [...]

Traffic jam on Pamir Highway

Like small rocks in the vastness of the Pamir mountains, the lorries using the M41 road between Tajikistan, China and Kyrgyzstan are blocked by roadworks near… [...]

Kamila Rustambekova is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, born in 1998. Her work focuses on the complexities of modern Uzbek society, exploring the working and living… [...]

Contemporary standard

Wedged between two ultra-modern facades and an Anglicised sign (ironically, Highvill could be transliterated as ‘high mountain village’), this sunset over Astana (Kazakhstan) is no less sumptuous. Credits : Isabelle… [...]

Ghost town

The north shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan has been renowned for its tourist facilities since Soviet times. Located on the wilder south shore of the lake,… [...]

On your marks

An exchange of good practices: while in Europe, clothing brands are inspired by, or plunder, traditional Uzbek designs, in Uzbekistan, traditional outfits display the unlikely designs of luxury European brands. [...]

Mesmerising

Designed by Canadian architect Farouck Noormohamed, the Ismaili Centre in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) draws its inspiration from the traditional architecture of the region, in particular the… [...]