Remembering Shamshad Abdullaev, the world-class Uzbek poet too few knew

Shamshad Abdullaev has died at 66 after a battle with cancer [Courtesy of the family]

Shamshad Abdullaev’s very name was a confluence of cultures.

A Persian first name (“a pine-like tree”), an Arabic last name (“A servant of God”), and a Slavic “ev” ending that simply means “of”.