Author Archive: elaineqho
elaineqho
June 11, 2021
Coronavirus: What is the situation like in Central Asia and Uzbekistan? The WHO offers an overview of the current situation on its website, which lists all countries including Uzbekistan. However, there are increasing reports that the infection numbers in the…
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elaineqho
June 11, 2021
At the expense of education In poor countries, where many people still make a living from agriculture, it is quite normal for children to help with the household and in the fields. Parents who do not own land lend their…
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elaineqho
June 10, 2021
According to extrareference, Uzbekistan is located in the heart of Central Asia (fr. Central Asia) between Syr-Darja and Amu-Darja, the largest rivers in this area. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north and north-west, Kyrgyzstan to the north-east, Tajikistan…
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elaineqho
June 10, 2021
A feast for dogs Dogs are important animals in Nepal. The Nepali believe that dogs keep bad luck away from homes. Once a year there is a festival at which dogs are honored. This festival is called the Tihar festival….
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elaineqho
June 9, 2021
Family and relatives: The meeting with a Uzbek always quickly includes the acquaintance of his family. From an Uzbek perspective, having no family seems either unthinkable or a particular misfortune. The family is a socially highly respected value in Uzbek…
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elaineqho
June 9, 2021
Iranian cuisine – Persian cuisine The basis of the Iranian cuisine is the Persian cuisine, because Iran corresponds in parts to the area of ancient Persia. In addition to traditional Persian cuisine, there are more and more fast food restaurants…
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elaineqho
June 8, 2021
Education The education sector is in urgent need of reform and needs higher funding from the government. The new government under Mirziyoyev seems to have recognized this need for reform. According to a somewhat euphoric report by Deutschlandfunk, the country…
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elaineqho
June 8, 2021
“The cradle of civilization” – what does that mean? Iraq as a state structure has not existed that long, only since the 1920s. But on the territory of Iraq there was a very important region for cultural history: Mesopotamia. The…
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elaineqho
June 7, 2021
Culture In contrast to the nomadic areas in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, the region of today’s Uzbekistan has been a core area of Islamic culture since the early Middle Ages. The highly developed, Persian-influenced urban culture was essential for this….
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elaineqho
June 7, 2021
First Gulf War Shortly after he came to power in 1979, there was an eight-year war with neighboring Iran, in which a million people were probably killed. Disputes with Iran were the trigger, but the background was Saddam Hussein’s plan…
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