The Silk Road conjures images of the exotic and the unknown. This work introduces readers to a world torn between Marx and Mohammed - a place where veils and vodka, pork and polygamy freely mingle - against a backdrop of forgotten carpet designs, crumbling but magnificent Islamic architecture and sc[...]
The Silk Road conjures images of the exotic and the unknown. Most travellers simply pass along it. Brit Chris Alexander chose to live there. Ostensibly writing a guidebook, Alexander found life at the heart of the glittering madrassahs, mosques and minarets of the walled city of Khiva - a remote des[...]
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Engelsmannen Chrisopher Aslan Alexander, uppvuxen i Turkiet och det krigssargade Libanon, flyttade till Uzbekistan för att göra en guidebok, men blev kvar i sju år som volontärarbare hos en svensk bistån[...]