Joanna Lillis
Journalist at Freelance
Almaty-based journalist covering Central Asia for @TheEconomist, @EurasiaNet. Author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan
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Sep 19, 2024 |
historytoday.com | Joanna Lillis
Uzbekistan was a product of Islamic modernism and Soviet might. Free from the latter, the nation now seeks to foreground the Young Bukharans. To continue reading this article you need to purchase a subscription, available from only £5. Start my trial subscription nowIf you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email [email protected] if you have any problems.
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May 21, 2024 |
tol.org | Joanna Lillis
A two-time exile’s spirit is undiminished. From Eurasianet. Mustafa Dzhemilev was a six-month-old baby when Soviet troops uprooted his family from their homeland on the Crimean peninsula, packing them off into exile in Uzbekistan, 80 years ago this month. Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered the entire population of Crimean Tatars rounded up and deported, employing a sadistic form of collective punishment.
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Jan 18, 2024 |
tol.org | Joanna Lillis
Dastur, which means tradition in Kazakh, grossed $2.2 million in the first week of its release. From Eurasianet. Political corruption, violence against women and the role of Islam in society do not sound like the obvious makings of a hit movie. But a new release in Kazakhstan over the holiday season that blends the psycho horror genre with political and social commentary has become a surprise success with cinema-goers. It is usually only comedies that manage to draw these kinds of crowds.
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Jan 17, 2024 |
audiobooks.com | Joanna Lillis
Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of Central Asia, sandwiched between Vladimir Putin's Russia, its former colonial ruler, and Xi Jinping's China, this vast oil-rich state is carving out its place in the world as it contends with its own complex past and present.
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Nov 13, 2023 |
economist.com | Joanna Lillis
But links to Russia are likely to remain strongBy Joanna LillisListen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Russia’s war in Ukraine has rattled its traditional allies in post-Soviet Central Asia.
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Journalist Lukpan Akhmedyarov - known for his hard-hitting reporting - detained in case involving dissemination of false information, a favoured charge to lock up journalist in #Kazakhstan which carries a lengthy prison sentence #Kazakhstan https://t.co/YrlHcQe2vV
Both Tokayev and Mirziyoyev have pointed out that global financial turmoil will affect #Kazakhstan and #Uzbekistan - but don't panic, says Tokayev, out of crisis can come opportunity https://t.co/P2HrWwyuXx https://t.co/HbhyaQCccP
Re-upping this preview of Silk Mirage, my new book on #Uzbekistan, out in November and available for pre-order. @ChrisRickleton for @RFERL previewed the chapter on freedom of speech, and asked if this was a back-to-the-future moment https://t.co/Y7VTLtegit