New East Digital Archive

Kazakhstan

Love, loss and celebration: take a soul-nourishing 7500km train ride across Kazakhstan

Love, loss and celebration: take a soul-nourishing 7500km train ride across Kazakhstan

Welcome to the USA: Assel Aushakimova on making Kazakhstan’s first lesbian film

Welcome to the USA: Assel Aushakimova on making Kazakhstan’s first lesbian film

This is Qaravanistan: a musical outpost on the modern Silk Road

This is Qaravanistan: a musical outpost on the modern Silk Road

In praise of the monobrow: how a Uyghur Kazakh artist celebrates a coveted Central Asian beauty feature

In praise of the monobrow: how a Uyghur Kazakh artist celebrates a coveted Central Asian beauty feature

Qara Film Festival: Kazakh documentary film festival kicks off with award-winning programme

Qara Film Festival: Kazakh documentary film festival kicks off with award-winning programme

5 films that showcase the real Kazakhstan

5 films that showcase the real Kazakhstan

Mariam: the true story of a Kazakh woman’s self-discovery after her husband’s sudden disappearance

Mariam: the true story of a Kazakh woman’s self-discovery after her husband’s sudden disappearance

How food entrepreneurs are reforging Kazakhstani cuisine with a global twist

How food entrepreneurs are reforging Kazakhstani cuisine with a global twist

Almaty’s Arman Cinema is an ode to modernist architecture in turbulent times | Concrete Ideas

Almaty’s Arman Cinema is an ode to modernist architecture in turbulent times | Concrete Ideas

Punk Orientalism: how the art of rebellion in Central Asia is challenging the scars of the Soviet past

Punk Orientalism: how the art of rebellion in Central Asia is challenging the scars of the Soviet past

Kazakhstan’s feminist artists are finding hope in dark times. These 3 women are leading the way

Kazakhstan’s feminist artists are finding hope in dark times. These 3 women are leading the way

Go forth and multiply: notes from an accidental fertility tour of Central Asia

Go forth and multiply: notes from an accidental fertility tour of Central Asia

One Kazakh artist is ripping up plastics — and the legacy of Soviet rule

One Kazakh artist is ripping up plastics — and the legacy of Soviet rule

Kazakhstan’s sought-after producer Imanbek wins Grammy for SAINt JHN’s ‘Roses’ remix

Kazakhstan’s sought-after producer Imanbek wins Grammy for SAINt JHN’s ‘Roses’ remix

Mask media: Soviet Kazakh health posters from the 1970s

Mask media: Soviet Kazakh health posters from the 1970s

Empire state of mind: the legacy of the Russian Revolution in Central Asia

Empire state of mind: the legacy of the Russian Revolution in Central Asia

Meet the sisters behind an Almaty organic shop vowing to bring Kazakhs closer together

Meet the sisters behind an Almaty organic shop vowing to bring Kazakhs closer together

By reimagining the national dress, one artist shows what it really means to be a woman in modern Kazakhstan

By reimagining the national dress, one artist shows what it really means to be a woman in modern Kazakhstan

Digital nomads: how Gen-Z artist Anvar Musrepov is unearthing Kazakhstan’s history 

Digital nomads: how Gen-Z artist Anvar Musrepov is unearthing Kazakhstan’s history 

Techno-shamans and flying yurts: follow the fashion label developing Central Asian futurism

Techno-shamans and flying yurts: follow the fashion label developing Central Asian futurism