Vivien Schweitzer

Arts journalist

Roof of the World

April 1st, 2006

"Oh my brother, respect your brother, because the guest comes from God," wrote the 14th-century Tajik poet Hafiz Shirazi. The passing of seven centuries, a recent civil war and widespread poverty have done nothing to dampen the Tajik sense of hospitality - evident in the warm smile of the official at Dushanbe airport, who says...