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    Intertwined Memories of a Seed-Seller and Mosque
    Toby A. Cox
    • Aug 28, 2019
    • 4 min

    Intertwined Memories of a Seed-Seller and Mosque

    Preserved in wood, stone, and brick are thousands of years’ worth of ideas in the shape of domes, steeples, and towers. In the whispers...
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    Stitching Together an Identity Fragmented by Time, Politics, and History
    Toby A. Cox
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Stitching Together an Identity Fragmented by Time, Politics, and History

    For centuries, artists have been trying to capture the turbulence of the human soul through art, using different mediums to embody...
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    Bishkek Artist Getting to the Root of Kyrgyz Culture
    Toby A. Cox
    • Aug 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bishkek Artist Getting to the Root of Kyrgyz Culture

    Sky and earth, water and fire, mountains and lakes – All are common themes in early philosophies in (seemingly) unconnected human...
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    A Woman’s Spiritual Journey to Tengriism
    Toby A. Cox
    • Aug 25, 2019
    • 6 min

    A Woman’s Spiritual Journey to Tengriism

    Life is a journey made up of a series of events brought about by timing, our choices, and our environment. This journey often leads us...
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    Women, Kyrgyzstan, and Challenges in Identity Expression
    Toby A. Cox
    • Jul 29, 2019
    • 5 min

    Women, Kyrgyzstan, and Challenges in Identity Expression

    When I entered the café on that breezy afternoon, I looked around, searching for the three young women meeting me there. On the patio...
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    Uniting a Community to Protect, Educate, and Define a Region’s Narrative
    Toby A. Cox
    • Jul 28, 2019
    • 4 min

    Uniting a Community to Protect, Educate, and Define a Region’s Narrative

    Through education, Umma fights back against misinformation about Islam and the stereotypes that haunt Muslims across the globe.
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    Breaking Down the Barriers of Kyrgyzstan’s Traditional Storytellers
    Toby A. Cox
    • Jul 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Breaking Down the Barriers of Kyrgyzstan’s Traditional Storytellers

    Kyrgyzstan's traditional storytellers are usually boys but once in a while, a girl will step up and accept the challenge.
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    A Year of Lessons Learned and Seeing It All Come Together
    Toby A. Cox
    • Jul 29, 2018
    • 1 min

    A Year of Lessons Learned and Seeing It All Come Together

    Public speaking has never been my most favorite thing in the world ... but it's growing on me. Last Thursday I presented my project on...
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    Turkmenistan: Mirages of the past, visions of the future
    Toby A. Cox
    • Jun 27, 2018
    • 4 min

    Turkmenistan: Mirages of the past, visions of the future

    Turkmenistan is the eleventh least visited country in the world (I Googled it). Maybe this is why it always seemed like the most...
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    An Ode to Continuity
    Toby A. Cox
    • May 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    An Ode to Continuity

    Our existence is often viewed in cyclical terms – beginnings and ends strung together to create individual lifetimes that add up to...
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    Zigs, zags, and a photo with Gandhi
    Toby A. Cox
    • Feb 26, 2018
    • 2 min

    Zigs, zags, and a photo with Gandhi

    If I asked you to think of a person from India, chances are you would have said Mahatma Gandhi - a man known throughout the world as a...
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    The Secrets Our Breath Holds
    Toby A. Cox
    • Jan 9, 2018
    • 6 min

    The Secrets Our Breath Holds

    Through your nose, take a deep breath in and hold it for 10 seconds. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... almost there! ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9...
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    Ice Skating Without Railings
    Toby A. Cox
    • Dec 7, 2017
    • 1 min

    Ice Skating Without Railings

    Right outside of Almaty, Kazakhstan is Medeu, an outdoor ice skating rink that sits at 1,691 meters above sea level, making it the...
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    Two small leaps and a hop towards a new perspective
    Toby A. Cox
    • Sep 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    Two small leaps and a hop towards a new perspective

    "Don't be afraid, I've done this a million times" said the parasailing instructor before we took off. I must have looked a little uneasy;...
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