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From Steppe to Spotlight: Kazakhstan’s Cultural Boom

By Zarina Zhumanova on 27 February 2026

The night Jennifer Lopez came to Astana, the city was different. The streets were crowded with people from all of Kazakhstan and much farther, cell phone in hand and everyone buzzing that she was here, on our stage, not another’s. A month later, I found myself watching FC Kairat...