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Niginakhon Saida
Niginakhon Saida is a scholar whose research interests focus on gender, Islam, and politics in Central Asia.
Nigina is a graduate of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, where she studied politics and security (Central Asia). She is an adjunct professor at Webster University in Tashkent and teaches political science and sociology related classes. She is also a master’s student at the University of Glasgow in Eurasian studies. Her research interests focus on gender, Islam, and politics in Central Asia. Nigina has a degree in European Studies: Human Rights and Democratization in the Caucasus from Yerevan State University as well.
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Nigina was a Summer 2022 intern with The Diplomat’s Crossroads Asia section and is now a regular contributor to The Diplomat.
August 09, 2022
Closing the Gender Gap in Uzbekistan’s Universities
By Niginakhon bintu Saida
July 27, 2022
Uzbekistan’s Religious Figures React to Karakalpakstan Unrest
By Niginakhon bintu Saida
June 22, 2022
A Cycle of Perpetual Violence for the Women of Uzbekistan
By Niginakhon bintu Saida
June 16, 2022
Central Asia’s Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women
By Niginakhon Uralova and Svetlana Dzardanova
May 26, 2022
The Language of the China-Russia Soft Power Rivalry in Uzbekistan
By Niginakhon Uralova
