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Ŧ¥¶ØGЯ@¶Ħ¥ i₪ Đ£₪Ŧi∩¥, part 3: a Turkmen Firdowsi in Berdimuhammedov’s Court?
Friday, 5 Nov, 2010 – 1:00 | No Comment
Ŧ¥¶ØGЯ@¶Ħ¥ i₪ Đ£₪Ŧi∩¥, part 3: a Turkmen Firdowsi in Berdimuhammedov’s Court?

Since the Niyazov era, Turkmenistan has seen itself as the rejuvenator of the Turkic language family. neweurasia’s Timur Niroomand doesn’t think this ambition is mad, but he sees important lessons arising from the history of the Turkic languages’ historical rival, Farsi.

Avicenna, mirror of contemporary Central Asia
Tuesday, 28 Sep, 2010 – 3:00 | 2 Comments
Avicenna, mirror of contemporary Central Asia

If you ever have the good fortune of encountering a group of Central Asian elders sitting around drinking their chai and engaging in political debate, you’ll experience how the conversation will inevitably turn to the …

Allow me to reintroduce ourselves
Tuesday, 14 Sep, 2010 – 5:00 | No Comment
Allow me to reintroduce ourselves

Wherever you might go, whether you realize it or not, you are judging people.  The human brain is the most complex processing unit on the face of the earth — and it is constantly at …