My poet friend Sona Van and I met in India during Manu Dash’s literature festival. I visited her beautiful house in Glendale of Los Angeles today and we had a nice conversation about everything from poetry to politics, including the[…]
1891 йили Калифорнияда очилган, дунё рейтингида энг юқори ўринларда турувчи, шу кунгача турли соҳаларда 22 нафар нобелчи етиштириб берган Стэнфорд университетида 700 та бино, 10 миллиондан ортиқ китобга эга 20 та йирик кутубхона мавжуд. Бугун Стэнфорддаги китоб дўконида Фирдавсий “Шоҳнома”си,[…]
Today I had an affair With the Yosemite Park No grizzly bear Could dare to interfere They knew It was my wedding day And Of three little kids and one lady I still have to care.
My Egyptian writer friend Ahmed Al-Aidy took this photo in New York in 2004. It was in November and after the whole three months in the States, some of my friends from the unique International Iowa Creative Writing Program and[…]
In 2017, my wife Nodira and I took a Flix Bus from Berlin and went to Paris, Luxembourgh and Prague. I don’t remember hearing that my friends ever went to Luxembourgh. In fact, it is a lovely country to visit[…]
Хивада муҳташам президент ва ижод мактаблари, истироҳат боғи ва сўлим хиёбонлар қурган ўртоқлар, Огаҳий ва Муниснинг Эски Қиётдаги мақбарисигаям бир назар ташлаб ўтинг! Стуллар синган, қабртошлари ажралиб кетган, пештоқ ва деворлар таъмирталаб. Огаҳийни Навоийдан кейин кўп ва хўб ёзган буюгимиз[…]
Central Asia is one of the most complex places on the planet, rich in cultures, languages, and history – and especially with its legendary place on the old Silk Road. At the heart of that Silk Road is Uzbekistan, studded with UNESCO-listed treasures of[…]
Samarkand “We travel not for trafficking alone: By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned: For lust of knowing what should not be known We take the golden road to Samarkand.” James Elroy Flecker, The Golden Journey to Samarkand (1913)[…]
На международном слете писателей UZLAB в Узбекистане участники поддержали “Челлендж #Abai175” В честь 175-летия Абая Кунанбаева писатели из разных стран на знаменитой площади Регистан в Самарканде прочитали по строчке из знаменитого стихотворения поэта “Айттым сәлем, қаламқас”, передает Zakon.kz. – Абай Кунанбаев –[…]