In collaboration with Uzbekistan’s Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, the Islam Karimov Foundation has published a full-colour volume dedicated to the centuries-old silk weaving tradition which is based on Ikat techniques. “The Renaissance of Uzbek Silk” – published in four languages (Uzbek, Russian, English and French) – tells the story of silk from its origins right up […]

The Islam Karimov Foundation has held a book launch event for “The Renaissance of Uzbek Silk”, a full-colour volume dedicated to the centuries-old silk weaving tradition, which is based on Ikat techniques. The book was published by the Karimov Foundation in collaboration with Uzbekistan’s Permanent Delegation to UNESCO in four languages – Uzbek, Russian, English […]

A ceremony has been held to award the winners of the Islam Karimov Foundation’s scholarships for postgraduate studies abroad. Twelve scholarship winners will study for a master’s degree in the academic years 2017-2019 at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Germany), the Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), the Moscow Architectural School, and the Polytechnic University of […]

The Mausoleum of the founding father of Uzbekistan’s state independence and its First President Islam Karimov was built in the territory adjacent to the Hazrat Khizr Mosque in Samarkand. During the design and construction of the mausoleum, great care was taken not only to ensure that the structure complemented the Hazrat Khizr mosque, but also to preserve […]