November 2022

Music occupies an enormous place in Central Asia, and in particular in Afghanistan. Dr. Razia Sultanova, a musicologist and cultural anthropologist, has studied the music of the Uzbeks and other…

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17 min

History

Between the Aral and Caspian Seas: The Magnificent History and Archeology of Turkmenistan

November 8, 2022

Two seas—the Aral Sea, now almost non-existent, and the Caspian Sea—encircle the great Turan plain, where constant migrations and ethnogenetic contacts between nomadic and sedentary peoples have taken place over…

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13 min

Photo

Central Asia in Modern Times: Architecture, Women, and Freedom. An Interview with Edda Schlager

November 4, 2022

Edda Schlager, a journalist, photographer, and “natural feminist,” has spent the last 17 years researching and capturing key moments in Central Asia’s modern history: the demolition of old buildings and…

Music and Women in Afghanistan and Central Asia: An Interview with Razia Sultanova

Between the Aral and Caspian Seas: The Magnificent History and Archeology of Turkmenistan

Central Asia in Modern Times: Architecture, Women, and Freedom. An Interview with Edda Schlager

A Brief History of Collecting Abr Clothing from Uzbekistan

Is Central Asia Moving Beyond Russia? An Interview with Johan Engvall

Why Is Job Insecurity So Widespread in Independent Uzbekistan?