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This is Qaravanistan: a musical outpost on the modern Silk Road
Review

This is Qaravanistan: a musical outpost on the modern Silk Road

Qara Film Festival: Kazakh documentary film festival kicks off with award-winning programme
Just in

Qara Film Festival: Kazakh documentary film festival kicks off with award-winning programme

Welcome to the USA: Assel Aushakimova on making Kazakhstan’s first lesbian film
Interview

Welcome to the USA: Assel Aushakimova on making Kazakhstan’s first lesbian film

By reimagining the national dress, one artist shows what it really means to be a woman in modern Kazakhstan
Profile

By reimagining the national dress, one artist shows what it really means to be a woman in modern Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s feminist artists are finding hope in dark times. These 3 women are leading the way
Interview

Kazakhstan’s feminist artists are finding hope in dark times. These 3 women are leading the way

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

Almaty’s controversial giant squirrel is getting a multi-coloured plastic makeover
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Almaty’s controversial giant squirrel is getting a multi-coloured plastic makeover

Kazakhstan's first centre for contemporary culture is launching in Almaty
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Kazakhstan’s first centre for contemporary culture is launching in Almaty

Kazakh feminist activist fined for photoshoot
Dispatch

Kazakh feminist activist fined for photoshoot

Nighthawks: the revellers of Almaty’s fierce new techno scene come out to play
Dispatch

Nighthawks: the revellers of Almaty’s fierce new techno scene come out to play

Nuts to this: Almaty’s squirrel statue controversy gets to the heart of Kazakhstan’s culture crisis
Dispatch

Nuts to this: Almaty’s squirrel statue controversy gets to the heart of Kazakhstan’s culture crisis

Almaty has gone nuts for its new 12-metre squirrel sculpture
Dispatch

Almaty has gone nuts for its new 12-metre squirrel sculpture

Almaty's astonishingly intricate patterns

Almaty’s astonishingly intricate patterns

Nazira: 6 Kazakh electronic artists as picked by Almaty’s prominent DIY promoter
Q&A

Nazira: 6 Kazakh electronic artists as picked by Almaty’s prominent DIY promoter

Somewhere In the Great Steppe: the artistic space championing openness in Almaty
Dispatch

Somewhere In the Great Steppe: the artistic space championing openness in Almaty

Almaty: what to do in Kazakhstan's cultural capital
Dispatch

Almaty: what to do in Kazakhstan’s cultural capital

Dislocation: Unsound presents events in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan
Dispatch

Dislocation: Unsound presents events in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan

The Mixtape 42: Nazira
Dispatch

The Mixtape 42: Nazira

Traffic getting you down? One Almaty resident beat the jams with an ostrich
Dispatch

Traffic getting you down? One Almaty resident beat the jams with an ostrich

Jailed Kazakh journalist to walk free from prison
Dispatch

Jailed Kazakh journalist to walk free from prison

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