The pilgrimage ends with every visitor touching the centuries old pistachio ... autocratic President Islam Karimov, thousands of independent Muslims were jailed. Now Uzbekistan says it is changing.

This led them to a place that local people called Ak Metchet (the white mosque), a compound in southeast Uzbekistan where the community lived ... Ak Metchet looking at desks and chalkboards and old ...

Welcomes are warm in Uzbekistan, and it’s not long ... mathematical theories were first discovered and mosques supported by 1,000-year-old wooden beams. Our final afternoon is spent awestruck ...

From the white embrace of winter that covers Uzbekistan’s mountain resorts to the blazing orange sunsets over its desert ...

Polls have closed in Uzbekistan's parliamentary election that featured no real opposition to the Central Asian country's ...

In comments to RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, U.K.-based Uzbekistan-watcher Alisher Ilkhamov suggested the 67-year-old head of state ...

How to reach: Nizamuddin Dargah is located in the old Nizamuddin ... at that time? The mosque was inaugurated by Imam Bukhari who had come down from present-day Uzbekistan on Shah Jahan’s ...

Zira Uzbek Kitchen on the border of West Hollywood celebrates the vibrant flavors and culture of Uzbekistan The heady aroma ...

Plus, Uzbekistan was named by Lonely Planet ... where mathematical theories were first discovered and mosques supported by 1,000-year-old wooden beams. Our final afternoon is spent awestruck ...