Letters from the Pamirs
Beneath the luminous and liminal Pamir Mountains, changes in family and culture are contemplated. Ethnic Kyrgyz villagers living remotely in Tajikistan are at the margins of Russian, Chinese and American expansionism.…
The Prisoner of Wakhan
The Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan is home to the last nomadic tribe of Central Asia. But more and more nomads are leaving their high-mountain homes for better opportunities in Kyrgyzstan.
Atirkül in the Land of Real Men
They say it’s not for women! This makes me feel insecure. But I don’t care, I just follow my heart.