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Baku’s Ruin Economy: Finding Value in Abandoned Sovetski

  • Posted on December 27, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 4 minute read
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Things Left Behind: Family Photos from Sovestki

  • Posted on November 25, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 1 minute read
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Ajam’s Mehelle: Recording Everyday Life in Endangered Neighborhoods

  • Posted on October 10, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byRustin Zarkar
  • 5 minute read
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‘Where There is No Architect’: Histories from the Native Town of Bombay

  • Posted on July 27, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 9 minute read
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Things Left Behind: Art Left to Burn

  • Posted on July 20, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 1 minute read
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(Red)Framing Baku: Photographing Urban Change in Azerbaijan’s Capital

  • Posted on June 23, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byRustin Zarkar
  • 5 minute read
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See You In Tehran: Tips for the Summer Traveler in Iran’s Capital

  • Posted on June 9, 2016December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 8 minute read
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Exhausted Geographies: Mapping the Dream of Pakistan in the Streets of Karachi

  • Posted on November 12, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byAlex Shams
  • 9 minute read
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Goodbye Lenin, Hello Timur: The Evolution of National Monuments in Uzbekistan’s Capital City

  • Posted on July 7, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byRustin Zarkar
  • 10 minute read
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Abadan: Unfulfilled Promises of Oil Modernity and Revolution in Iran

  • Posted on February 26, 2015December 3, 2020
  • byAjam Media Collective
  • 16 minute read
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