… or blogging is dangerous for tourism in Uzbekistan.
Everyone, who is interested in Central Asia, knows that Samarkand and Bukhara are the most ancient and history-rich places in the region. And they dream about visiting these extremely beautiful places to trace the history of Central Asian nations themselves.
Today, Bukhara and Samarkard are one of […]
Preparations for Navruz, one of the most popular holidays in Uzbekistan, took a lot of time, nerves and people’s manual power. However, it’s not a disturbing fact for high ranking people - Islam Karimov and his apparatus, diplomats and honored guests - who had an honor to celebrate Navruz at the Alisher Navoi square […]
This is a partly translation of the article which appeared on Centrasia website last year.
I am a mother and my eyes are burnt by tears because of thousands of kids of my country spread all over the world. I am a mother and I know how intolerably painful and hard can be parting. Just look […]
Some weeks ago I send a group message addressed to friends and colleagues of mine containing web links to a slide-show posted on Jerusalem Online.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/terror1.asp
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/terror2.asp
A response from a friend of mine gave a start to a relatively long lasting debate on that topic. It was not originally intended to be posted online and style […]
What may play a greater role in the Central Asian people’s lives than traditions and customs? The traditions and customs are peoples “manual” based on which they communicate with each other. The Uzbeks have many different traditions and customs. This time, I want to write about the wedding traditions of the Uzbeks.
The weddings play […]
This is a translation of the post by Kamron, that originally appeared on the Russian version of neweurasia.
Recently I have read in Fergana.ru an article entitled as “The holiday which was taken away from veterans of war.” Having read only a headline of it, I at once understood what it was about and made up […]
This is a translation of the post by Girl of the Sands, that originally appeared on the russian version of neweurasia.
Mahalla is a very Uzbek phenomenon. No, I would say that it is more likely Eastern. The community in the east is a society. The concept of “mahalla” is a very multilayered notion.
First, its concept […]
This is a translation of the post by Girl of the Sands, that originally appeared on the russian version of neweurasia.
So, my first post will be about how people drink tea in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistani people drink tea a lot, all the time, and for long periods of time – with emotion, with appreciation, […]
Last July Rumil picked up on an item from the New York Post about Jacob “The Jeweller” Arabo, purveyor of “bling” to Hip-Hop royalty and other celebrities. The Manhattan-based jeweller (website here) is a Bukharan Jew whose family emigrated to the US in 1979, initially living in Brooklyn before moving to Queens. Last July […]
Microsoft recently unveiled their answer to Google Books, but because of copyright issues, most of the books available are extremely old.
When searching for books on Central Asia, I came across a book titled The Mohammedan World of To-day, published in 1906. While mainly about missionaries in the larger Muslim world, it has some […]
