Born between the rivers of Amu and Syr, Malika now lives and studies around the river Cam. She is an admirer of museum exhibits, urban spaces, and Sufi poetry.
Malika Sughdi
Articles by Malika Sughdi:
Paper Mountains
in Issue 99 | Where You Stay (Jan 2022)The continuous, untraceable movement of Central Asian nomads within and across borders reminded Russian imperial authorities of their inadequacies and lack of power to settle and control their own subjects. As the empire sought to record, document, and categorize migrants who crossed into and out of its territories, those on the receiving end of such policies navigated (or evaded) these new restrictions with whatever tools available to them.