Shavkat (SHAV kot) sits on the floor in his house in the historic city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. As he reaches into the communal bowl for another piece of lamb, he glances at the four foreigners who are his guests for dinner tonight. “Eat more,” Shavkat says insistently in his native Tajik language. The meal, served on a tablecloth as the…
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