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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Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan: Blurry Borders, Unhappy Neighbors

August 1, 2012 - 10:12am

by: David Trilling

Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan

For over 20 years now, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, the two poorest republics to emerge from the Soviet Union, have failed to agree on the location of their border in the most densely populated...
Georgia: Tbilisi Pins Olympic Hopes on Wrestling

July 27, 2012 - 3:08am

by: Molly Corso

Georgia

When Georgian wrestlers compete in the London Summer Olympics, they will be defending more than their country’s two 2008 gold medals. For the wrestling team, the 2012 Games are an important stop...
Turkey: Hanging “Necklaces in the Sky” for Ramadan

July 20, 2012 - 11:00am

by: Jonathan Lewis

Turkey

Master electrician Kahraman Yildiz produces from his pocket a folded piece of scrappy paper. Its distressed state disguises the fact that it contains the phrases that are designed to illuminate...
Turkey: Village Preserves “Bird Language” in a Cell-Phone World

July 13, 2012 - 9:27am

by: Alexander Christie-Miller

Turkey

In most ways, Kuşköy resembles countless other villages nestled in the Pontic Mountains along Turkey’s Black Sea coast. Its 500 or so residents cultivate tea and hazelnuts; there is one street...
Tajikistan: The Sons of Somoni Strive to Preserve Distinct Cultural Identity

June 22, 2012 - 6:56am

Tajikistan

For nearly 600 years, the lingua franca along a lengthy Central Asian stretch of the fabled Silk Road was Soghdi, a proto-Persian language. Even after the rise of Islam, a 9th-century king, Ismail...
Georgia: Will Moving Parliament Out of Tbilisi Pay Off?

June 8, 2012 - 11:00am

by: Molly Corso

Georgia

When it comes to public works, there can be a fine line between stately and profligate. A case in point is Georgia’s new parliament building, which is under construction in Kutaisi, a former...
Azerbaijan: Baku Coming Down From Eurovision High

May 28, 2012 - 2:52am

by: Sitara Ibrahimova

Azerbaijan

A song titled “Euphoria” won the Eurovision Song Contest for the Swedish entrant, Loreen. For many Baku residents, the word that comes to mind now that the contest is over is relief.

For...
Turkey: Kyrgyz Nomads Struggle to Make Peace with Settled Existence

May 18, 2012 - 11:57am

by: Theodore Kaye

Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkey

The hills of eastern Anatolia are better suited for sheep herding than for keeping yaks. Some 1,100 Kyrgyz found this out the hard way when they migrated to Turkey 30 years ago from Afghanistan's...
Georgia: Football Players Cry Foul

May 16, 2012 - 8:01am

by: Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Paul Rimple

Georgia

Twenty-year-old Issac Nyengue, a defender from Cameroon, a football hotbed in Africa, was looking for a little payday and a chance to gain valuable experience in what he thought was a professional...
Nagorno Karabakh: At Peace on a War Footing

May 15, 2012 - 11:03am

by: Timo Vogt

Armenia
Azerbaijan

A ceasefire 18 years ago this month brought a halt to the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. But with the battle over the disputed territory’s fate dragging on, residents must contend with a persistent...

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