Born in the Clay: Kulturalis

Dinara Dultaeva is a media professional and creative entrepreneur who works on tourism promotion and nation-branding initiatives that showcase her native Uzbekistan. She founded Dinara&Co., a publishing house known for premium coffee-table books and Visit Uzbekistan magazine. A Chevening Scholar and graduate of Cardiff University, she has taught communications at Webster University and MDIS. Rolando Montecalvo is a writer and editor based in Uzbekistan. Italian by nationality, he spent 15 years in the US, where he earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. He has also worked in India, Thailand, Switzerland, and Cambodia. He has been involved in many book projects while working in-house for OUP and Penguin, and as a freelance copyeditor and ghostwriter.