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Search | 32 Articles

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Ancient Central Asia key to domesticated chicken spread – study

The bird’s cultural significance may have aided its rapid dispersal.
Eshel Rosen Apr 29, 2022
Antique firearms said to have been stolen from a museum in Khiva. (Photo: Government handout)

Uzbekistan: $355m in artifacts stolen over three decades

Around 3,000 items of unique cultural value may have been stolen from 14 museums.
Apr 27, 2022
askiya

Uzbekistan’s traditional wordsmiths seek legacy in a changing world

Changing tastes threaten askiya, a centuries-old Uzbek tradition that prizes wit, improvisation, and mastery of language.
Dec 16, 2021
Canceled (iTicket.uz)

Uzbekistan pulls the plug on ‘negative influence’ TikTok festival

Tashkent is regretting its early embrace of the Chinese app.
Dec 8, 2021
Shomurodov carrying the ball for Roma

Uzbek soccer player’s Italian adventures inspire dreams back home

Eldor Shomurodov’s success making it into one of Europe’s most important national football leagues has generated a fresh flurry of ambition among young Uzbek players.
Oct 6, 2021
Mikhail An, center, in a screenshot from Brian Song’s new film Misha.

Uzbekistan: The Koryo Saram’s tragic Soviet soccer superstar

A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.
Chris Rickleton Dec 18, 2020
A government graphic of President Mirziyoyev congratulating the public on the event of Uzbek Language Day.

Uzbekistan: Officials may be tested on knowledge of native language

Getting a proficiency certificate could be required from 2023.
Nov 16, 2020
(Courtesy photo)

Turkey’s classical fusion master recalls childhood influences in Central Asia

Today celebrated for blending classical music with Turkish folk tunes, Anjelika Akbar’s education was strictly Soviet, intolerant to non-classical styles.
Matt Hanson Jun 10, 2020
All the world's a stage: The Ilkhom troupe during one of its performances. (Photo: Ilkhom Theater)

Uzbekistan: Beloved avant-garde theater wins reprieve (maybe)

Developers last week ordered the troupe to vacate the premises by April.
Feb 12, 2020
Abdunabi Toshtemirov is one of a few hundred carriers of the old master silk-weaving traditions in Margilan. (Eurasianet)

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
Smelling salts please: A steamy moment in the opening titles of Turkish soap opera Kara Sevda.

No Turkish soaps please, we’re Uzbek

A huge number of people are complaining that the shows are immoral.
Jun 20, 2019
Sher-Dor madrassa in Samarkand’s Registan Square

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
Javohir Zakirov

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
Kashkadarya region's pavilion

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
A poetry slam

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

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