Спектакль "Ана Мираси"

Фотография Вадима Соловьева сцены из спектакля "Ана Мираси" в Государственном Уйгурском театре музыкальной драмы и комедии имени Куддуса Кужамьярова. На фото сцена, когда к Гюли пришли подруги поддержать ее после ареста Турсуна. A photograph by Vadim Solovyev of a scene from play "Ana Mirasi" (Mother's Will) at the State Uyghur Theater of Musical Drama and Comedy named after Kuddus Kuzhamyarov. On the photo: a scene, when friends visit Guli to support her after Tursun's arrest.

Kazakh National Medical University about my Book Presentation

This is an article about my book presentation at Kazakh National Medical University in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Это статья о презентации моей книги в Казахском Национальном медицинском университете в Алматы.

Book Presentation at University of Arizona, December 8th, 2010

This was another excellent opportunity to meet with students and faculty University of Arizona, who are so kindly invited me to present my new book "Mother's Will" in Russian ("Завещание Матери").
I am so grateful to meet my readers and share my Uighur culture with people, who live thousands miles away. We listened to the music played by Dervishi, ate Uighur samsa and talked about literature. Special thanks for Dr. Zura Dotton and other faculty members for organizing such an event. In one the picture, you see a vase made of gourd by an Uighur artist from Kazakhstan, Hashim Kurban, whose wonderful paintings illustrated my book.

AATSEEL Conference, December 4th, 2010

Dear readers,

I was honored to participate at the Conference of American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages, Arizona Chapter, which was held on December 4th at Arizona State University. I was really surprised to find my readers in the US, especially at Arizona State University and University of Arizona, so far from my home town in Kazakhstan, who read my first book "Live Lived not in Vain" and are interested in hearing about my second book "Mother's Will" which has just came out in Russian under the title "Завещание Матери."

I would like to express my deep appreciation of their work and special thanks to all, who were involved in this event: Dr. Lee Kroft, Dr. Don Livingston, Dr. Saule Moldabekova and many others.

Mother's Will Book Presentation

I'm so happy to announce that my novel "Mother's Will" is going to print in Uighur language in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I was invited to present this book at the International Pen Club conference in Istanbul, Turkey the last week of August 2009. I will post here later about the conference and my book presentation. On the left you see a sample of beautiful illustration for my book done by Hashim Kurbanov, an Uighur artist in Kazakhstan.