A Bargain in Turkmenistan
The dictator is dead, but you’d never know: his portrait dominates the capital, and people still instinctively whisper when they speak. But one ancient freedom dies hard.
Travel & Food | Mar 20, 2007 (~898 Words)Editors, to be emailed when new stories are posted, contact: mary.dambrosio@nyu.edu
Deirdre Tynan is a New York University graduate student who specializes in
Central Asian affairs. She is from Ireland, and has worked for newspapers
and news agencies in Ireland, Slovakia, Austria, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and
New York.
The dictator is dead, but you’d never know: his portrait dominates the capital, and people still instinctively whisper when they speak. But one ancient freedom dies hard.
Travel & Food | Mar 20, 2007 (~898 Words)