Uzbekistan: Beloved avant-garde theater wins reprieve (maybe) Developers last week ordered the troupe to vacate the premises by April. Feb 12, 2020
Uzbekistan’s industry in silk threatens artisanal heritage Ferghana Valley silk weavers worry that industrial production could gradually extinguish their artisanal approach. Jan 24, 2020
Kazakh and Kyrgyz stuntmen feature in Disney’s Mulan Almaty-based Nomad Stunts is behind many of the action shots. Aliya Uteuova Jul 12, 2019
No Turkish soaps please, we’re Uzbek A huge number of people are complaining that the shows are immoral. Jun 20, 2019
Kazakhstan: Latest Nazarbayev biopic leads a path to sleep The movie is a forgettable addition to the presidential cult of personality. Chris Rickleton Jan 4, 2019
An eclipse over Samarkand left us a treasure Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky’s first trip to Central Asia in 1907 was a bust – except for the photographs he made. David Trilling Dec 31, 2018
Kazakhstan: Take two on forcing movies to be shown in Kazakh It will be acceptable to use subtitles instead of dubbing. Almaz Kumenov Dec 5, 2018
Unearthed remains of Soviet poet at center of Azerbaijani power struggle The poet was executed in 1938, and the whereabouts of his remains had been unknown until an Azerbaijani-Russian oligarch claimed to have found them. Lamiya Adilgizi Nov 7, 2018
Video | Uzbekistan: A rave on the Aral Sea As the partying carried on into the night, locals’ wariness faded and they joined in the fun. Peter Leonard, Video by Danil Usmanov Sep 17, 2018
Multimedia | Uzbekistan’s Maqom festival: A sensory overload The Maqom Art International Forum was a Disneyland of Uzbek culture with something for everyone. Peter Leonard, Photos by Danil Usmanov Sep 10, 2018
Music review | Straight outta Kazakhstan, rapping in Russian As hip-hop culture spreads in the Russian-speaking world, some of the most prominent artists to emerge are not Russians. Kevin Doyle Jul 30, 2018
Kazakhstan’s comic-book heroes battle for the marketplace A nascent comic-book industry fights assumptions that the material is for kids. Almaz Kumenov Jun 14, 2018
Uzbekistan’s Ilkhom Theater: 10 years without Mark Weil, a lesson in survival A cheeky theater is not what many expect to find in Uzbekistan. But Ilkhom Theater has long pushed boundaries. May 4, 2018
Kazakhstan adopts Hollywood glamor to energize cinema industry The impetus to keep hammering away at the international film market has come from President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Almaz Kumenov Apr 16, 2018
Nowruz Brings Iranian Tourists to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia Iranians increasingly visit the South Caucasus to let their hair down – often literally. Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 26, 2018