Category: Society
Beyond the ‘Graveyard of Empires’: Rethinking the Afghan State
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Bruce Pannier: “Central Asians never viewed their region as Russia’s backyard”
From photocopied Central Asian newspapers in the 1990s to YouTube investigations and exile media today, Bruce Pannier traces how journalism in the region has changed - and why independent voices… [...]
Ivy League Orientalism: Staging Samarkand in Princeton, 1926
A century ago, Princeton’s Triangle Club staged Samarkand, a lavish comic opera that transformed the Central Asian city into an Orientalist fantasy of romance, luxury and exoticism. Diego Benning Wang… [...]
Between integration and inheritance: How Armenians in Uzbekistan are redefining community
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At home in Central Asia: the lives and identity of the Lyuli/Mughat
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In the Country of Özbeg: Photographing Uzbekistan 136 Years After Paul Nadar
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“A public lesson to everybody”: Kazakhstan convicts feminist and LGBTI rights activist Zhanar Sekerbayeva
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“Heritage is something alive”: Ganzorig Miimaa reimagines Mongolia through photography
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“This is the right time to engage with Uzbekistan”: Gulnoza Ismailova on education, talent and the country’s future
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From Central Asia to America: The Koryo-Saram Diaspora Finds a New Voice
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How Central Asia became home for the Koryo-Saram
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Money, boxes and absent men: the hidden economy reshaping Central Asia
At Central Asian airports, remittances do not always look like money. They can look like taped cardboard boxes arriving from Istanbul, oversized suitcases from Moscow, bags of clothes bought… [...]