Dodojon Atovulloev, according to Wikileaks, is:
“One of the foremost journalists from Tajikistan, Atovulloev has fearlessly sought to get the news out on his native country, where violence and state authoritarianism have been the norm for …

Uzbekistan is having its seventh-annual National Journalism Prize Oltin Qalam (Golden Pen), with awards from several state ministries, the UN, UNESCO and the World Bank. The contest’s aim: to award the best achievements in journalism. Celebrating press freedom… in Uzbekistan… seriously? neweurasia’s Tomyris reports.

“I found these paintings, rolled up under the beds of old widows, buried in family trash.
These were forbidden works by artists who stayed true to their vision, at a terrible cost.”
– “The Desert of Forbidden …

The story of the life of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is for sale in Kazakhstan.
Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson, is Amazon’s top grossing book of the year – in both “print and Kindle editions …

Have you gotten a “Friend Request” from O’zbekiston Respublikasi Bosh vaziri, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Facebook yet? His personal page has 1,818 Friends, explains him to be a 100% …

“On stage, the leader of the nation treks into a nighttime magical forest and begins talking to the trees, which turn into his opponents.” (Associated Press)

On November 24th, a new play proud of autonomy and …

All the news that’s fit to print? Guljan.org journalist Valery Surganov has been fined 100,000 Tenge ($675) for libel against financial police deputy chief of Pavlodar oblast Sanzhar Aliyev, after penning an article that alluded to sexual promiscuity and even violence on the part of the latter. neweurasia’s Tomyris sides with Surganov and gives an international perspective.

Tashkent’s decade-plus old independent newspaper “Zerkalo XXI” has been barred from publication – its been shut down.
“Zerkalo XXI” has been one of the Uzbekistan’s first newspapers to challenge authorities – to raise issues of sensitivity …

There is a new film in Hollywood that has Uzbekistan written all over it.
The Uzbek and South Korean co-produced film “Hanaan” (meaning “Promised Land” or “Paradise” in Korean) is being screened at this year’s Audi …

At the end of October, Baku hosted the second annual medium forum of Turkic-speaking nations. It’s an interesting example of pan-Turkism’s small revival in the region, and neweurasia’s Tomyris reports on official views of the event.