This led them to a place that local people called Ak Metchet (the white mosque), a compound in southeast Uzbekistan where the community lived until the Soviet period. The second is the story of a ...

Just a decade ago, Uzbekistan had a reputation for tricky travel, plagued by complex visa rules and corruption. But since the ...

On May 27, imams working at mosques in Uzbekistan were reportedly warned against going on social media platforms and engaging with any content. The assistant chief imam of Tashkent city ...

Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Recen Samarkand, an ancient city in Uzbekistan with a history spanning thousands of years, is ...

Uzbekistan opened itself to the world through ... Notable are the country’s many vibrant domed mosques, including the famed Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand, which was once the largest in the ...

My eyes are filled with cobalt blue – shimmering tiles reflect the sun’s light and the coolness is a soul-quenching hue. In Uzbekistan, the facades of the spiritual monuments are decorated ...

Uzbekistan is brimming with spellbinding architecture and magnificent blue-tiled mosques (Picture: Rich Booth) If I had any illusions about Uzbekistan’s modernity, they were quickly dispelled on ...