New East Digital Archive
Meet the artists creating new pockets of freedom in the new Tashkent

Meet the artists creating new pockets of freedom in the new Tashkent

Misha: the tragic story of the Uzbek-Korean soccer star who became a Soviet icon

Misha: the tragic story of the Uzbek-Korean soccer star who became a Soviet icon

Discover the contemporary classics of Central Asian cinema free and online

Discover the contemporary classics of Central Asian cinema free and online

Uzbekistan’s liberal Ilkhom Theatre survived decades of dictatorship. Now real estate developers could spell its downfall

Uzbekistan’s liberal Ilkhom Theatre survived decades of dictatorship. Now real estate developers could spell its downfall

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

Uzbekistan’s first contemporary art centre to open in Tashkent

Uzbekistan’s first contemporary art centre to open in Tashkent

Tashkent’s youth spread their wings as underground raves take root in Uzbekistan

Tashkent’s youth spread their wings as underground raves take root in Uzbekistan

Young blood: a new generation of teenage talent is reinventing Tashkent

Young blood: a new generation of teenage talent is reinventing Tashkent

Signs of life: does a music festival in a desert offer hope for cultural reform in Uzbekistan?

Signs of life: does a music festival in a desert offer hope for cultural reform in Uzbekistan?

My Soviet-Korean family: archive photos show life between two cultures in communist Uzbekistan

My Soviet-Korean family: archive photos show life between two cultures in communist Uzbekistan

Hamid Ismailov: Uzbekistan's internationally acclaimed writer on novels, politics and life in exile

Hamid Ismailov: Uzbekistan’s internationally acclaimed writer on novels, politics and life in exile

A thread in time: one photographer’s inspiring search for sisterhood in Uzbekistan

A thread in time: one photographer’s inspiring search for sisterhood in Uzbekistan

Tashkent in your twenties: inside Uzbekistan’s hidden party scene

Tashkent in your twenties: inside Uzbekistan’s hidden party scene

Robbie Williams sparks uproar in Uzbekistan by flashing underwear onstage

Robbie Williams sparks uproar in Uzbekistan by flashing underwear onstage

Uzbekistan enters record books with world’s biggest plov

Uzbekistan enters record books with world’s biggest plov

Uzbekistan looks to create very own Silicon Valley

Uzbekistan looks to create very own Silicon Valley

Red route: following the new 1833km gas pipeline from China to Turkmenistan

Red route: following the new 1833km gas pipeline from China to Turkmenistan