Stories from Avj: “although I was born in Rin, my soul will leave my body in Avj”
In a series of interviews conducted in 2019, Solvegia Kaļva talks to people who live in or are somehow connected to Avj, a remote mountain village in the Pamir Region of Tajikistan. My Tajik [...]
Tartaria: an Empire hidden by history, or revealed by ignorance?
During some recent wanderings on the internet, I came across a most particular subreddit: “Tartaria”. At first, I thought the subreddit was dedicated to some fantasy or steampunk fictional world, [...]
Stories from Avj: Zevar Davlatmamadova
In a series of interviews conducted in 2019, Solveiga Kaļva talks to people who live in or are somehow connected to Avj, a remote mountain village in the Pamir Region of Tajikistan. We try to [...]
Stories from Avj: Dr Shirinbek Davlatmamadov
In a series of interviews conducted in 2019, Solveiga Kaļva talks to people who live in or are somehow connected to Avj, a remote mountain village in the Pamir Region of Tajikistan. I was trying [...]
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.
“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 [...]