As COVID-19 Arrives in Tajikistan, People Panic – and Cooperate
Sabrina Gafforova on how the people of Tajikistan have reacted to the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in their country.
Avj: Bahti
Solveiga Kaļva interviews Bahti, a teenager from the remote Tajik village of Avj.
“I wanna hear Kyrgyz spoken in my capital”
This article was originally published by ZOIS Spotlight “This is our homeland High, high mountains at one with the blue sky” Aga-Ini – Bizdin Meken (Our homeland) Rap music – for European [...]
Murghab: post-apocalyptic scenery in the Pamir region of Tajikistan
August 24, 2017. A friend and I arrive in Murghab, Tajikistan, after an eight hour-long drive full of tea-drinking pauses at random houses, helping broken cars on the extremely solitary Pamir [...]
Where did all the men go? How Tajik migrants make their home country go around
This article is part of a collaboration between The Perspective Webzine and Lossi 36. The Perspective Webzine is a student based web magazine created and led by Lund University’s Association of [...]
Living in ambiguity: Nazarbayev’s resignation has not been life-changing
The first President of independent Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, symbolically resigned on March 19th, 2019, at 19:00 Astana time. His resignation was sudden and shocking, and we worried about [...]
From “terrorist” to human rights defender: a conversation with Elena Urlaeva
As a so-called terrorist and enemy of the people according to the former Uzbek regime, long-time human rights defender Elena Urlaeva has also been called the bravest person in her native [...]
Kazakhstan, or what you’ll find between China and climate change
On the one hand we have a grandiose UN report on climate change, on the other, states whose incumbent political leaders don’t really care about the environment unless it directly affects their [...]
Uzbekistan post-Karimov: a real thaw or just a case of black ice?
Emerging as a new and independent state after the fall of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan has remained one of the world’s most isolated countries under the rule of President Islam Karimov. This [...]
A Trojan horse? China’s latest moves in Central Asia
In recent years China’s political influence in Central Asia has been growing steadily. With Russian preeminence in the region being somewhat challenged, China has showed its willingness to [...]
