Interview

Avj – a tiny village in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. Majestic nature, welcoming people, dangerous roads, colourful culture, delicious plov, juicy apricots and sweet mulberries. In 2019, I [...]

Avj – a tiny village in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. Majestic nature, welcoming people, dangerous roads, colourful culture, delicious plov, juicy apricots and sweet mulberries. In 2019, I [...]

Solveiga Kalva interviews Hadicha in the village of Avj, Tajikistan (Part 2).

This is a translation of the article “‘Queera personer har deltagit i protesterna från start’ – HBTQ+ kamp i kaotiskt Belarus,” originally published in Swedish by the anarchist magazine Brand.  [...]

Solveiga Kalva interviews Hadicha in the village of Avj, Tajikistan (Part 1).

Solveiga Kalva interviews Zevar in Avj, Tajikistan.

Solveiga Kalva interviews Zevar in Avj, Tajikistan.

Solveiga Kalva interviews Salim and Gulru about the local legends in Avj, Tajikistan.

Amanda Sonesson speaks to Johanna Rannula about her exhibit Siberian White, documenting the experiences of Estonians forcibly relocated to Siberia by the USSR.

It’s an unfortunate fact that no Russian writer since Solzhenitsyn has penetrated the Western consciousness; no composer since Shostakovich, and no playwright since Chekhov, either. But Russian [...]