Central Asia Commerce - Business Resource and Directory of Central Asia
 
 
 
 
 

Artists Without Frontiers - on-line magazine dedicated to the view of the global artists community

Bukharian-Jews - site promotes and provides information about Bukharian-Jewish history, culture, ethnicity and achievements

Insh'Allah For Sure - an illustrated tale by an American tour guide in Uzbekistan and Iran; includes photos, stories, and information on the region

Jonathan Barth - online portfolio of New York based photojournalist Jonathan Barth; includes portraits, travel, people, sports and a special collection of photos on Kyrgyzstan

Khazaria.com - American Center of Khazar Studies; it's goal is to educate the general public about all aspects of the Khazar Kingdom through the presentation of essays, quotes, maps, and illustrations and the distribution of a newsletter

One World - organization's aim is to provide access to online information about the creative power of cultures on Earth

Orient Amulet - unique and mystic handmade Oriental amulets made to order, comparable with the charms, talismans, spells and good luck pieces of Western culture, as a guidance to living lively and happily

Students of the World - France; non-profit association, whose aim and ambition is to open the doors of the world's cultures to young people

Time Out & Zoom Magazine - features news on art, business, city culture, dining, fashion and more

Turko-Tatar Press - includes scholarly and general publications concerning the history, languages, literatures, and cultures of the Turkic peoples of Anatolia, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, China, the Middle East, Siberia, the Volga region, and beyond

Advocacy

Central Asian Initiatives - promotes cultural exchanges between Europe and Central Asia, notably through the promotion of artists and artisans from those former Soviet republics

Network of East-West Women - international network of women's organizations in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, US and Western Europe using electronic communications for women's rights advocacy, feminist activism and gender studies to fight sex discrimination and protect women's status in post-communist countries

Architecture

ARCADD - architectural firm serving international clients

Family

Kazakh Adoptive Families: Kazakhstan and International Adoption - information about Kazakhstan and adoption for Kazakh adoptive families

Food and Drink

American Wine Society - devoted to educating people on all aspects of wine

Language

ABC International - provides language and business courses to corporate clients

Beijing Chinese Translation - provides full service translation and interpretation for businesses and individuals

Center for the Languages of the Central Asian Region - CeLCAR; dedicated to promoting the teaching and learning of the languages and cultures of Central Asia through textbooks, multimedia resources, and distance language learning courses for Pashto, Tajik, Uyghur, Uzbek, and Kazakh

Languages and Cultures of Asia - University of Wisconsin-Madison; promotes the understanding of major geographical regions of Asia (Central, South, Southeast, and Southwest) through the study of those regions' languages, literatures, religions, and cultures

Ethnologue - a searchable database of language resources

Globalization Partners International - services include document translation, software translation and web site translation

multilingua.info - resource for learning multiple languages, including Turkic

The Rosetta Project - from the Long Now Foundation, a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to develop a contemporary version of the historic Rosetta Stone, with the goal of surveying and archiving of 1,000 languages

Translation Central - translation services at low cost by native speaker translators; online quote available for most documents including legal, technical, marketing and web site localization

Uighur Language - provides online tools to aide those who are in the process of learning the Uighur language

World Language Resources - provides foreign language products for 728 languages; software types include: language systems, dedicated word processors, language learning, translation and more

Literature

Sons of the Conquerors - home page of author Hugh Pope, for his book "Sons of the Conquerors", on the Turkic World from Central Asia, through Turkey and Europe to the US

Organizations

Assembly of Turkish American Associations - umbrella organization of Turkish American associations throughout the United States, Canada and Turkey, dedicated to pursuing the interests of Turkish Americans and friends of Turkey in Washington and beyond

The British Council - the United Kingdom's international organization for educational and cultural relations; providing programs in education, English language teaching, the arts, science, governance and information through a network of 243 offices and teaching centers in 110 countries

Caravan Cultural Foundation - aims to foster, support and promote cross-cultural understanding and respect between the people of Europe and Eurasia

Central Asian Cultural Exchange - non-profit organization committed to promoting the mutual understanding of the cultural and artistic heritage of contemporary Central Asia through exhibitions, performances, artist residencies and educational programs

Danish Society for Central Asia - non-profit, non-governmental organization aimed at promoting the interest in, research on, and knowledge of Central Asia in its broadest sense

Federation of Jewish Communities - portal to Jewish community news in the CIS and Baltic states

Friendship Force International - aims to create an environment where individual friendship can be established across the international barriers that separate people

International Council on Monuments and Sites - ICOMOS; international non-governmental organization of professionals, dedicated to the conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites

SIBMAS - International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts; forum for promoting research, practical and theoretical, in the documentation of the performing arts

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; describes programs and activities; includes current events, press releases and publications, bibliography of documents and more

Romance

2 Hearts Agency - international dating agency; search hundreds of Russian women that are searching for single foreign men for romance and marriage

email4loveasia.com - UK based company offering contact information with other members via email

International Love - introduction and tour service with women's profiles

Sports

AFC Asian Football Confederation - site includes organization news, press releases, calendar of events and more

Federation Internationale de Football Association - FIFA; official site of the world-wide football association

Internet Soccer Fans Association - football betting and soccer fan site; site includes match previews, football results, soccer news, football kit, soccer stats and more

Sinosoc - news and information of the Chinese Professional Soccer League