Myth or Reality? Tajik Fighters in Syria
During the conflict in the Rasht Valley between 2009 and 2011, the Tajik government frequently voiced concerns over the infiltration […]
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Quoting Marx in a Tajik University: Producing Docile Bodies
The Soviet Union may be dead, but Marx retains his grip on Tajik academia. His thinking still pervades the teaching […]
New BBC Comedy on Central Asia: What impact do popular discourses have on public perceptions of the region?
Central Asia is frequently represented in popular culture as obscure, dangerous and oriental (See for example Heathershaw and Megoran, 2011). […]
Marrying Relatives in Yazgulom: Public Problem or Private Affair?
Yazgulom is a valley in the Pamirs with a population of 6,000 spread across five villages. The locals speak Yazgulomi, […]
Contesting Patriarchy in Rural Tajikistan: Hidden Transcripts and Sharm
During another life, famed Financial Times journalist and author of Fools Gold Gillian Tett wrote her PhD on gender relations […]
Narrating Tajik History in the National Museum
Not far from the world’s tallest flagpole and the dormant Palace of Nations lies the newly opened Tajikistan National Museum. […]