Bokhara is in Uzbekistan. A statue of the populist philosopher and wise man Nasreddin Hoja can be found in a central square. It shows him riding his donkey backwards and grasping its tail, as he is traditionally depicted.
Major lol. This is the only thing Jones and I will have to say about our poem in Religion and Literature this afternoon. We will follow it up with a suggestion for a class trip to Uzbekistan, and then a shameless plug of 'Murder in the Cathedral'.
Seminar over.
If this were facebook I'd be clicking "like" right about now.
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