Artur Samari

Stories by the Author

Samarkand’s fabled buildings patched up in thoughtless effort to bring tourists.

14 Nov 05

Impoverished Uzbek women are finding it so hard to get by that they are abandoning their children.

22 Feb 05

Tashkent rattled by the largest protest in the country for over a decade.

21 Feb 05

Penniless Uzbek farmers are trying to eke out a living by searching for gold dust in abandoned Soviet-era mines.

21 Feb 05

Men who abuse women evade prosecution because their victims are reluctant to come forward.

21 Feb 05

The poor and the sick are flocking to a medieval shrine - much to the annoyance of Uzbekistan's Islamic leaders.

21 Feb 05

Gypsies return to nomadic way of life, after failure of attempts to integrate them into society.

21 Feb 05

The economic crisis at home has forced prostitutes to expand their horizons.

21 Feb 05

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