Hannahbal Lecture

My favorite interactions in Uzbekistan are with taxi drivers. Since most people are curious about similar things, the conversations...

Artuch, Tajikistan Mary, another Uzbek Fellow, mentioned in passing that she was taking a trip to Tajikistan in June and asked if anyone...

January 2, 2024 After studying in Yemen in 2010, all I wanted was to return to the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen, for obvious reasons, is not...

Autumn My last blog took me weeks to complete just so I could see this website platform mark it as a five-minute read. I love history and...

My hyperfixations tend to be centered around niche histories, and one of my first fixations developed in my early teens. Throughout my...

I don’t know why I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was in my 30s. Looking at my symptoms in conjunction with the number of...

Sergei was born and raised in Termez. He took a class trip to the Buddhist cave monastery as a kid, just like all the students in...

One word can be a miracle... "One word can be a miracle," was one of the last things Sergei said to us before he left us at the Termez...