Latest posts by Abdulfattoh Shafiev
‘Internet is not for the Tajik language'? A crowdsourced soccer blog marks 10 years
"I had volunteers. Many of them!"
At the World Cup in Russia this summer, Central Asia will be supporting Mohamed Salah
"Salah, with his glorious football talent and good behaviour is introducing the real Islam to the world."
Seeing Central Asia in Bolivia's Migration Experience
"Migration triggers a variety of reactions in both the person that emigrates and in his or her family members."
UN Chiefs Chat Trump, Climate Change, Migration, and Water with Global Voices
Work tackling some of the world's most pressing issues should continue, regardless of the new US president-elect's positions on them.
Viewed from Central Asia, US Democracy Is Looking More and More Like the Region's Own Version
Clinton the Second or Trump the Great? The choices look pretty familiar to observers from one of the world's most authoritarian regions.
100 Years of Beauty in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Countries that shared a similar existence under the Kremlin's yoke found in their national wardrobes rich sources of self-expression.
What Central Asian Leaders Can Learn from Ban Ki-moon’s Last Speech as UN Secretary General
"My message is clear: serve your people. Don't subvert democracy. Don't pilfer your country’s resources. Don't imprison and torture your critics."
Here's to Dilshod Nazarov and Four Other Tajikistan Sporting Success Stories You've Never Heard
Unless you are North Korea, never mess with this country in ITF Taekwon-Do.
Six Tajik Mothers Who Rule the Roost on Facebook
Tajikistan celebrates Mother's Day, a rebranded version of International Women's Day, on March 8.
The Rest of the World Is Finally Noticing the Touristic Charms of Central Asia
Often overlooked, five Central Asian Stans are home to magnificent natural beauty and rich culture.
Taxicab Confessions, Kyrgyz Style: Lawmakers Get Behind the Wheel to Chat With Voters
A public relations move, probably, but it's significant in the context of Central Asia, a region characterized by authoritarian politics.
A Tajik Singer Calls on the World Not to Forget Aylan Kurdi
'Whose knife is in my heart and my sight? What country is my lonely body buried in?'
Sex Never Stops Selling. Even in Conservative Tajikistan
"To avoid arrest sex workers and their clients will look for remote places, which will in turn endanger these women."
Tajiks Angry at Government Re-Formatting Their Quaint Capital
"Rohat teahouse is not only a beautiful national building, but a memory from more sincere, humane and affordable times."
Maternal Infanticides, Attempted Suicides Highlight Heavy Burden on Tajik Women
'All this happens because there is no social protection for the population. There is an agency to carry out this function, but it is completely useless.'
‘Drunk and Half-Naked’ Russian Soldiers Take a Beating in Tajikistan
'We are kindly asking the Kulob police not to prosecute the local lions who defended our honor and culture and fought these Russian drunks.'
Tajikistan's State News Agency Strengthens its Monopoly Over ‘News’
"An important step to reach complete authoritarianism!"
The Qurghonteppa Escape, Aka the Shawshank Redemption with a Tajik Twist
After an inmate escapes in a car driven by a penitentiary chief from the Tajik president's hometown, netizens salute the policeman that refused to play ball.
The Tajik “False Prophet” Sent to Jail for 16 years
'It is hard to understand what is behind this verdict. Sheikh was a Sufi, had no interest in politics, lived somewhere in the mountains, did not bother anyone...'
The Poetical Is Political as Tajik Wordsmith Declares ‘Death to Afghanistan’
'I do believe, that whoever wishes death to Afghanistan, cannot have any love for Tajikistan.'
Tajikistan: Pristine Nature and the Echo of History
Some people do not even know Tajikistan exists. They are missing out.
