Зелёное поле Поём о футболе, О редкостном поле Мечтает фанат, Когда атакует, когда атакует, когда атакует команда Кайрат! Когда атакует, когда атакует, когда атакует команда Кайрат! A green field We sing about…
Author: moorez
Capes in the Rain: The Immersive Performance of Куда Дальше
Have you ever wanted to own a cape? To walk dramatically through a hallway with a long, flowing piece of fabric flying behind you? But you’ve been left wondering: Is this really…
Where Did the Water Go?: Reflections From the Uzbekistan Desert
One of the sights in Uzbekistan that I will never forget is a gas station on a small hill. I took so many photographs of towns and the desert from the window…
Why Is It in the Harbor?: Tea, Colonialism, and Identity
Even the simplest drink can have the most significant meaning. Growing up in the United States in a coffee-drinking household, tea was something that the British drank across the pond on fancy…
What’s It All For?: Instagram and Uzbekistan Tourism
At the start of this study abroad experience, my former roommates and I created an Instagram page. We thought it would be a fun way to keep in contact with each other…
The Railroad on the Steppe: Review of The Gift to Stalin
The Kazakh steppe is a vast, neverending sea of rippling grasses and rolling hills stretching for miles out into the horizon. The narrator in the 2008 film The Gift to Stalin identifies…
What Do You Get When You Combine an American Film, a British Play, a Russian Classic, and a French Novel?
Towards the end of our first week in Almaty, our professor spammed us with texts about different events and exhibits, saying she would buy the tickets for us if we were interested….
A Tale of Two Churches
Over the two weeks I’ve been living in Almaty, I have been fortunate to see many buildings and parks and streets that are a part of the fabric of the city. Whenever…
