Tag: Bukhara
Almira Saifullina: “The steppe is an archive of violence, memory and silence”
Documentary filmmaker and visual anthropologist Almira Saifullina explores how landscapes preserve traces of Soviet violence, forced displacement and family memory. In this interview with Novastan, she discusses her new… [...]
The Kalon Mosque
Two young figures can be seen in the courtyard of the Kalon Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. This mosque, with its striking blue dome, was built in the early… [...]
Novastan photo contest #5 Behind the scene
Despite being only a few dozen meters away from Bukhara‘s historic core, the quiet, narrow alleys surrounding it feel far away from the bustle of the vibrant city… [...]
Market vendor in Bukhara
The city of Bukhara, located on the eastern edge of the Kyzylkum Desert in Uzbekistan, is renowned for its markets, which are located in the historic part of the city. [...]
Sardoba Rabati Malik, under water reservoir
Sardoba Rabati Malik is an 11th-century water reservoir is not far from Navoi. [...]
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The Samanid Mausoleum
This small brick building dating from 868 is the burial place of Ismail I, the founder of the Samanid dynasty. For almost a century, the Samanids ruled… [...]
Carpet merchant
To attract tourists, Bukhara merchants display a multitude of small, colorful objects outside their stores: antique chalpan embroidery, tubeteika (headdresses with a wide variety of designs, worn… [...]
Karakalpakstan: long prison sentences for participants in last year’s protests
Some 20 people have been sentenced to prison for their participation in the protests that took place in Karakalpakstan last summer. The trial has been controversial, as the investigation… [...]
Bukharan Mornings
The sun’s morning rays are already glaring in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, before the shadows can begin to fade. A shopkeeper walks to open his shop as a pair of tourists… [...]
Non-Seller
A woman selling non, traditional Uzbek bread baked in the Tandir oven in Bukhara’s Kolkhoz Bazaar, Uzbekistan. Foto: Konstantin Novaković (Serbia) Find all of… [...]
Indoor local bazaar
Outside the old city of Bukhara in Uzbekistan, a few kilometers is the local food bazaar, where the souvenir shops of the city center fall away and… [...]
Sunset Cycle
A worker cycles home, bundled up against the chill of Bukharan nights. Though it is spring, the temperature drops to a brisk chill at night as soon as the… [...]