Reclaiming Identity

Reclaiming Identity


From Samarkand to Israel - from one minority to another: Aaron Paz

April 27, 2023

Dalya speaks with Aaron Paz


Aaron Paz is a visual artist and cultural entrepreneur. He made Aliyah from Samarkand, Uzbekistan in 2008 and lives in Jerusalem. He manages Shashmaqom, a platform for the dissemination of the culture of Central Asia. Throughout his work, he intertwines parts of his biography with collective memory and narrative and in so doing reveals cultural and historical unknowns and disproves conventions.


Producer and editor: Moshe Singer

Executive Producers: Drora Arussy and Dalya Arussy Di Veroli

ASF Institute of Jewish Experience


Shashmaqam: Kurben Ulam (WQXR) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSlkzY4vPRA