My alarm clock goes off at five. It's been about four hours since I fell asleep. I’ve woken up to go to the early-morning festivities for a neighborhood circumcision ceremony which is locally and collectively referred to as one of several Uzbek “weddings”. I have been a Peace Corps Volunteer in a small provincial...
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Of Rice and Rams
Minarets and Pigeons
I had been trying to see the interesting sites that get neglected when you actually live in a historical place. My most recent touristy visit was to a minaret in the nearby town of Shiforkan...
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A Mother’s Medicine
Peace Corps volunteer Jett Thomason who gets ill while serving in Uzbekistan and depends on his host mom for a home remedy…
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