Uzbek Culture & Food Festival, coming to London this June! All the details are here: uzbekculture.co.uk.

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Uzbek ceramicist Shahrukh Rahimov is exhibiting this magnificent totem, made in collaboration with Yannis Zois, from 14-19 May at the Cromwell Place Arts Centre in London. It is made of porcelain & wood, with 22-carat gold.

After the government moved to protect Soviet-era mosaics in Tashkent from destruction, a nice website detailing them has been created, including locations so people can go and find them #Uzbekistan
mosaic.tashkent.uz/en

Starting from 23 May, Uzbekistan Airways will be flying twice a week (Thursday & Sunday) from Ankara to Tashkent.

Traces in the Sand: Contemporary Artists for the Aralkum Desert.

This important exhibition of works by artists from Uzbekistan & 7 other countries is on display at the Art Station Residence in Samarkand until 28 July. Admission is free.

h/t Alexey Ulko

📕 AKF is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of 'The #SilkRoad : A Living History' - now available to pre-order!

🗺️ Travel along the world's most celebrated trade route encountering a diversity of people, places and cultures along the way.

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Would you swap Chinese food for Uzbek? The Sydney Morning Herald says you should! amp.smh.com.au/traveller/insp…

Istiklol Palace, formerly the People’s Friendship Palace designed by architect Yevgeny Rozanov, 1981 🎭

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Tandoor Kosa samosas being made in Uzbekistan

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Today my qismat is this lake above the clouds of #Tashkent

Last month Metro’s Alice Murphy flew to Uzbekistan on a #presstrip with Trotting Soles Travel Ltd & Uzbekistan.travel. Her story is out today. ☺️ metro.co.uk/2024/04/28/bur…

Dune by the Yurt - an adventure in Navoi region! Kunal B (here) | Shuvajit P joined a #presstrip to Uzbekistan with Uzbekistan.travel & wrote about it for The New Indian Express. newindianexpress.com/amp/story/life…

I’ve long wanted to travel along the great Silk Road, and recently got to see its historic heart in Uzbekistan.

Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand

Broadcaster Mishal Husain wrote a personal story about her return to Uzbekistan for The Guardian. theguardian.com/travel/2024/ap…

Have you eaten norin? Food blogger Mr Taster tucked in at Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent with far more gusto than I can ever muster for this particular dish 😂. m.youtube.com/watch?v=sFQojs…

Meet the 26-year-old entrepreneur changing the face of Uzbekistan's art scene — CNN. edition.cnn.com/videos/busines…

Today we remember those who died & lost their homes in the catastrophic earthquake in Tashkent on 26 April 1966. Many of the city’s older buildings were made of mud brick & crumbled. People came from across the USSR to help rebuild Tashkent as a modern, planned city.

David Cameron is having an absolute blast in a tour of Central Asia this week.

A sleeper train took us from Bukhara to Nukus in western Uzbekistan. Freshly rested, we were able to visit Savitsky Museum of Arts and marvel at the works of art from avant-garde & culture of the people of Karakalpakstan. We finished the day with a stroll along the riverside.