Georgia: Where Feasting Traditions Are Movable

Molly Corso

Georgia
Georgia: Soaking Up the Dying Tradition of Massage in the Tbilisi Baths

Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Paul Rimple

Georgia
Kyrgyzstan’s April Uprising: Path to Change or Death in Vain?

Natasha Yefimov and David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia: Activists Try to Keep Environmental Treasure Clean

Pearly Jacob

Mongolia
Kazakhstan’s Old Believers Keep the Faith

David Trilling and Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan
Once Prosperous, Jangalak Now Fills With Refugees

Iason Athanasiadis

Afghanistan
Big Birds Swoop In for Annual Bayan Ulgii Festival

Andrew Cullen

Mongolia
Child Jockeys Train for Naadam Horse Races

Andrew Cullen

Mongolia

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May Day in Istanbul Peaceful, Not Confrontational

May 3, 2010 - 6:02am

by: Jonathan Lewis

Turkey

Since the 1980 military coup in Turkey, the May Day holiday in Istanbul had often been marked by violent confrontation between security forces and organized labor. This year, however, May Day...
PMDEP Protests for a More Responsible Government

April 30, 2010 - 12:00pm

by: Andrew Cullen

Mongolia

Supporters with the People's Movement to Demand Election Promises (PMDEP) attended a series of nationwide protests, including this April 5 rally in the western city of Hovd, to demand that...
Thousands Make Pilgrimage to Christian Site

April 29, 2010 - 11:11am

by: Jonathan Lewis

Turkey

Turkey is a secular Islamic country. But the Christian feast day of St. George is observed by thousands of Turkish women in a way that is completely unexpected.
Armenians Commemorate Mass Killings in Turkey

April 26, 2010 - 12:20pm

by: Anahit Hayrapetyan

Armenia

On the evening of April 23, several thousand Armenians marched through the streets of Yerevan to the Tsitsarnakaberd Genocide Monument, carrying torches, flowers, candles and flags to commemorate...
Disabled Take Over House of Maxim Bakiyev

April 22, 2010 - 3:01pm

by: Dalton Bennett

Kyrgyzstan

The morning after Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled Bishkek, a handful of civil society organizations, including the Kyrgyz Republic Society of Disabled Persons and the Union of Young Disabled of Chui Oblast...
Meskhetian Turks Targeted in Kyrgyz Ethnic Violence

April 21, 2010 - 3:43pm

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

On April 19, 2010, hundreds of squatters attacked Meskhetian Turks living in nearby villages, reportedly seeking to take over farm plots. In Maevka, locals said that 28 out of 80 Meskhetian homes...
Georgia's Nonagenarians Talk About Their Long Lives

April 16, 2010 - 11:00am

by: Molly Corso

Georgia

Olgha Machitadze, 91, worked as a teacher of Georgian literature in a secondary school. She was married and had a son, but her family died in an accident. She still loves to read...
Address by Ousted President Ends in Hasty Retreat

April 14, 2010 - 11:00am

by: Dalton Bennett

Kyrgyzstan

Ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev attempts to address supporters in the southwestern Kyrgyz city of Osh, where supporters of the interim government hold a rally on April 15. During the rally in...
Ancient Game of Lelo Pits Villager Against Villager

April 10, 2010 - 11:00am

by: Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Paul Rimple

Georgia

While the rest of the country celebrates Easter every year at home around the dinner table, one village in western Georgia marks the day with a rugby-like scramble that effectively blocks traffic...
Three Days of Protest, Clashes and Recovery

April 9, 2010 - 11:00am

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan

A young Bishkek resident and government opposition supporter reflects on the dramatic political upheaval and the recent deadly violence that has scarred this Central Asian country.

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