Darkhan OmirbekAsiya Sardarbek — 103-year-old Woman Who Escaped the Soviets TwiceSurrounded by her children at a large family gathering in Virginia, Asiya Sardarbek welcomed Amir, her newly born great-great-grandson. A…Aug 17, 2019Aug 17, 2019
Darkhan OmirbekSelected photos from Photo 1 class at Columbia Journalism SchoolIn the second trimester of my M.S. program at Columbia Journalism School, we had a mandatory module called “Visuals” which consists of…Mar 27, 2019Mar 27, 2019
Darkhan OmirbekJ’Ouvert 2018, NYC: A Chance to speak out against Trump’s anti-immigration policy (Photos)Hoggarth Stephen was wearing a Donald Trump mask and holding a sign reading “Lying Champion.” He dressed classical Greek clothing — a…Mar 27, 2019Mar 27, 2019
Darkhan OmirbekPhotos of Visual Reporting Class at Columbia Journalism SchoolIn August 2018, when we just started our 10-month program at Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, we had a week of Visual…Mar 27, 2019Mar 27, 2019
Darkhan OmirbekUnderground industry of horse meat is flourishing as many Central Asians are coming to the United…Aika Dosmagambetova packed her suitcase last November and headed from Almaty, Kazakhstan, to New York. On the plane, she filled out a…Nov 19, 20182Nov 19, 20182
Darkhan OmirbekHow Uzbek scammers boost the number of green card applicants in UzbekistanAkbar Muinov, 42-year-old Uzbek, was ecstatic when he won the so-called green card lottery in his native Uzbekistan and thought it was a…Oct 27, 20181Oct 27, 20181
Darkhan OmirbekThe Alma-Ata Demonstrations in 1986: How the Students Began ProtestingOn December 17–18, 1986, thousands of students went to Brezhnev Square in Alma-Ata, the then-capital of the Soviet Union’s Kazakh…May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
Darkhan OmirbekAlmaty 1986 Protests: Finding the Unpublished TestimonyOn the morning of December 17, 1986, around 3,000 students in Alma-Ata, then the capital of Kazakhstan, went to the Brezhnev Square to…May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
Darkhan OmirbekAlma-Ata, 1986: The First Test of Gorbachev’s GlasnostDecember 16, 1986. It was a cold winter day in Alma-Ata, the capital of the Soviet Union’s Kazakh Socialist Republic. Every Sunday, Pravda…May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
Darkhan OmirbekPresidential Election in Kyrgyzstan: From Atambayev’s “heroism” to Zheenbekov’s VictoryLast Sunday, Kyrgyzstan held the presidential election through which the Kyrgyz people are going to have their fifth president. Even though…Oct 18, 2017Oct 18, 2017
