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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...

Toby A. Cox
Aug 28, 20194 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Aug 27, 20193 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Aug 26, 20192 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Aug 25, 20196 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Jul 29, 20195 min read
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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.

Toby A. Cox
Jul 28, 20194 min read
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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.

Toby A. Cox
Jul 11, 20192 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Jul 29, 20181 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Jun 27, 20184 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
May 6, 20182 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Feb 26, 20182 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Jan 9, 20186 min read
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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...

Toby A. Cox
Dec 7, 20171 min read
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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;...

Toby A. Cox
Sep 18, 20172 min read
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