A Letter from Said to Saida Said Ahmad and Saida Zunnunova’s love and memory… eternal through history
They changed my name into numbers cold, My joy turned bitter, my pain grew bold. I don’t know if God will grant me strength, But trust me, Saida, I’ll love you at any length.
I’m not the one to blame for their deceit, Not for the lies that call pride “elite.” I’ve never been the foe they claim— Believe me, Saida, I’m still the same.
“To the land of no return”—they sent me far, No demon bound me, no cursed scar. Will I return in ten long years? Wait for me, love—hold back the tears.
To me, you were the moon and sun, You bore it all while I was gone. You loved without a word of debt, From Said to Saida—my deepest respect.
Baxtiniso Salimova Azamat qizi was born on August 29, 2004, in Zarbdor neighborhood, Guzar district, Kashkadarya region. She is currently a 4th-year student at the Faculty of Philology of Karshi State University. She is the absolute winner of the 2nd season (2025) of the “Young Readers’ League.” She is also a two-time winner of the “Smart Reader” competition organized at the regional level. She won 3rd place in the “Young Readers” competition held in honor of the “International Book Giving Day.” To date, several of her articles, poems, and stories have been published.
Coffee is a beverage that can change the person you’re sharing it with. Drinking coffee is not like drinking tea. You enjoy tea in sweet gatherings or feasts with your loved ones, closer than anyone else, your family. We open our hearts and gather without any specific reason during tea time. I’m not saying that conversations over coffee are bad. On the contrary, conversations over coffee can lead to more formal meetings or business opportunities. Most of the time, casual conversations are also good over coffee.
I had such an experience myself one day. One day, I needed to have a conversation with my friend (a girl) about work, so I suggested meeting for coffee. We went to a coffee shop and sat at table three. I ordered two coffees. After a while, as the conversation was getting interesting, our coffee arrived, and something unexpected was added to it. It was a heart-shaped foam. We were both surprised and laughed about it, and we decided to continue our conversation from where we left off.
I never thought such a thing would happen. Unexpected situations happen with coffee, in my opinion. As an example of such situations, if the above situation does not happen or if the coffee is not served unknowingly, more sugar could be added to the coffee. I like drinking coffee, and for me, this person, who has been my frequent companion in these moments, is precious. I have had many coffee conversations with them. Conversing with them is enjoyable because they give a lot of advice and show directions. They always drink coffee without sugar because they have been diagnosed with “diabetes.”
Nabijonova Madinabonu was born on 6 May 2005 year in Uzbekistan
Sean Lee is an emerging artist whose work spans drawing, photography, and cartooning, focusing on themes of stress relief and emotional expression. Sean’s art channels personal experiences, offering visual narratives that resonate with viewers seeking solace and connection. When not creating, Sean is an avid rower, having been part of a rowing team since seventh grade, where teamwork and physical discipline fuel his creativity and balance his daily life.
Jahin Claire Oh is a twelfth-grade student attending high school in San Jose, California. She enjoys coding and takes an interest in media art as a hobby. She prefers warm tones over cool tones and is generally drawn to calming imagery with naturalistic depictions. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends and occasionally visits local art exhibits.
He had only one day. He was thirty eight, a meager age. Poor man, he was; life passed by and stopped before he had his way.
He had to seize the day – and thwart it from flying away. And so he tried to find the day – catch its tail and grab it until it would start to suffocate.
As the clock stroke three, he went out to feel the sound of a summer day. He didn’t know what was coming, yet he had to flee from the cavern of his stuffy room; reign earth before he had to go back and return his breath to mother nature on his way.
Funny, it was. He noticed the little. He saw the ants, forming long barcodes with They were moving, eager, ground earthy more than ever. He paid attention to the azure skies, cradling clouds that made many lives. Zebras! Elephants! Giraffes! He stared, elated, though the vast expanse of the sky had always been above his eyes.
Did he miss anything in his way?
He stood to see – make sure that no images pass by, like the wind on that one lonely night. He failed to stop time, but he captured every moment – opened up a bubble to protect himself from the fast-moving day.
Fried Rice
It was all simple, when mama used to cook me fried rice. She just threw in bowls of white pebbles in the black pan – saw it jumping, dancing to the beat of life.
How do you cook so quickly, I asked. To that, she grinned and said, Son, fried rice does not require the blessing of time.
She was never afraid to change the recipe, succumbing to her little whims as ingredients caught her sight. Carrots, Potatoes, Bacon – everything she saw, she chopped and threw it into her cauldron, together with her little frights.
It’s better that way, she replied to my unasked question, as she turned around to clean the aftermath of her bloody kitchen, slightly smiling, as if she somehow knew the secret of life.
It all got too difficult, after I flew out of mama’s nest. I tried to talk to the world, break the silence, but it only responded with awkward murmurs and lies.
So, now I’ll make the world my fried rice. We’ll not talk; we’ll stare at each other like lovers on first date. I’ll just hand it a plate of fried rice, put into the shape of a heart, but we’ll both know that our lives got more simple
than it ever were.
Walking on White Snow
I’m scared to walk on white snow. I’m afraid that I’ll make footsteps with my dirty shoes. Touch what I should not touch – take what has been taken from me for a long while.
I stand by my front door and wonder how the snow maintained its beautiful, curvy figure over the long, scary night, how it never encountered the touch of a stranger who could do things that he knew were just not right.
I don’t want to leave any marks on this trail of white snow; I want to protect it and ensure that it keeps its whiteness that I so greatly miss, on some quiet night.
So, I’m scared to walk on white snow. As much as I love a winter day, I shall stay in my house, let the snow stay this way & hope that it will stay this way for a long while
Sean Lee is a high school student at an international school in South Korea with a passion for poetry and creative writing. Growing up in a multicultural environment, he finds inspiration in the intersection of different cultures, languages, and personal experiences. His poetry often explores themes of belonging, memory, and emotional introspection.
rolls in the dry lawn where Mexican migrants worked.
In other rows, downed seconds rot.
The ants are taking their share.
There is no white mold yet, no syrup brown bruises.
A pink cut is open, yellow sunlight pours out.
Hundreds of stars stored banked photosynthesis
and now my flashlight finds coins of the realm.
Elsewhere, food prices soar.
Here are the ants, taking their share.
Scavenging Peaches in the Sunlight
I refuse to swipe peaches from the trees.
The Mexican migrants worked these rows already.
What they left behind, on the ground,
are small orange fires as hot as the sunlight.
I fill a bag. The peaches begin to bruise themselves
by their own touches, so used they are
to hanging alone on a firm stem swept only by wind.
I refuse to swipe peaches from the trees.
No crop failure is because of me.
Sunlight pours everywhere. The shade is heatwave.
The breeze is heatwave. Soil is heatwave.
Sunlight envelops my honesty with brightness,
but there are no witnesses.
There are precious few tractors harvesting this year.
A trade war bankrupts farmers.
Scavengers survive by honesty, broadened by daylight,
the kind of honesty that has no witnesses.
Canadian writer and farmer Terry Trowbridge has appeared in Synchronized Chaos before! He is thankful to the Ontario Arts Council for their writing grants.
SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOLUTIONS
Khudoykulova Shahzoda Sherali kizi
Student at Karshi State University, Faculty of History
Abstract : In today’s global society, youth are one of the most vulnerable social groups. This article examines the impact of unemployment on the psychological state of young people, changes in social relationships, and their confidence in the future.
Annotation: V sovremennom globalom obshchestve molodej yavlyaetsya odnoy iz samyx weakx sotsialnyx grupp. V dannoy state rassmatrivaetsya vliyanie bezrabotitsy na psychologicheskoe sostoyanie molodeji, izmeneniya v sotsialnykh tnosheniyax i uverennost v zavtrashnem dne.
Annotation: In today’s global society, young people are one of the weakest social groups. This article examines the impact of unemployment on the psychological state of young people, changes in social relations, and confidence in the future.
Keywords: Society, parents, youth, neighborhood, state, government, women, leader, internet
Key words : Obshchestvo, roditeli, molodej, sosedi, gosudarstvo, vlast, genshchiny, leader, Internet
Key words : Society, parents, youth, neighborhood, state, power, women, leader, internet
Introduction: Youth is the most active, creative and promising stratum of any society. Their education, finding their place in the labor market and building an independent life are important for the stability and development of society. However, in today’s conditions of globalization and technological change, the increase in unemployment among young people is seen as an urgent social problem. Unemployment has a negative impact on society not only economically, but also socially and psychologically. The lack of participation in the labor market of young people, who constitute the most active and potential stratum of the population, threatens not only their personal lives, but also the sustainable development of society. Today, attention to youth in our country is one of the priority areas of state policy. Because the future and development of any society depend, first of all, on its educated, strong-willed, enterprising and healthy young generation. Therefore, large-scale reforms are being implemented in our country to comprehensively support young people and fully realize their potential.
The main causes of youth unemployment
The following factors contribute to youth unemployment:
1. Lack of professional skills that meet the demands of the labor market.
2.Lack of experience.
3. The disconnect between education and production.
4. Territorial imbalance (for example, lack of jobs in rural areas.
5. Lack or weakness of social connections.
Social consequences
Unemployment among youth causes a number of negative social processes in society:
1. Increased crime: Unemployed youth may be inclined to commit crimes for self-expression or to satisfy material needs.
2.Migration: Young people who cannot find work migrate to other countries or large cities in search of work, leading to demographic imbalance.
3. Social instability: Unemployed youth feel inequality and injustice in society more acutely, which leads to increased feelings of discontent.
.4Marriage and family delays: Due to lack of financial stability, young people are delaying or completely abandoning family formation.
Psychological consequences
Youth unemployment also directly affects a person’s mental state:
1. Depression and discouragement: Feeling useless in society, ineffective use of time, and lack of confidence in the future lead to psychological problems.
2. Low self-esteem: Young people who cannot find work feel helpless and incompetent.
3. Aggression or apathy: When unemployment lasts for a long time, people can fall into two extreme states: one is aggression towards society, and the other is complete apathy.
4. Social isolation: Unemployed youth are isolated from the majority and lose social connections.
Solutions: Unemployment among young people poses a great threat not only to their economic situation, but also to the social stability of society. To address this problem, the following are necessary:
1. Adapting the education system to the demands of the labor market;
2. Expand internship and training programs;
3. Support for youth startups and small businesses;
4. Establish psychological support centers and inform the general public.
In order to prevent unemployment from negatively affecting the lives of our youth, a number of measures are being taken, and various decrees and resolutions have been implemented. On measures to implement the tasks set out in the “Open Dialogue with Youth” of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Decree No. PF-61 of March 26, 2025) to develop a long-term strategy aimed at introducing a digital social ecosystem to unite youth, form national values in the young generation, early identify their interests and needs based on artificial intelligence technologies, monetize their potential, and involve them in socially significant projects. Many decisions have been made, such as developing a procedure for allocating grants of up to 100 million soums by the Youth Affairs Agency to create national and useful media content that interests young people in science and organize the best intellectual shows, including mechanisms for selecting applicants and projects. From this, we can see that our country is paying great attention to the young generation and opening up wide opportunities for them. This document clearly demonstrates the constant attention of our President to young people and his desire to appreciate each of their achievements at the state level. Decree No. PF-61 includes not only material incentive measures, but also strategic goals aimed at improving the intellectual and creative potential of young people. On the State Program of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the Implementation of the Strategy “Uzbekistan – 2030” in the “Year of Youth and Business Support” (Decree No. PF-37 of 21.02.2024) In order to effectively implement the large-scale reforms set out in the “Uzbekistan – 2030” strategy in 2024, consistently continue systematic efforts to achieve positive changes in the daily lives of our people, ensure high economic growth rates based on the principles of the “green economy”, improve the ecological situation, widely introduce standards for the efficient use of water and other natural resources, and further improve the management system aimed at the interests of the people: from March 1, 2024, young people who require special work, as well as talented and gifted young people, shall be assigned to the heads of ministries and departments, local executive authorities, state-owned enterprises and organizations, and higher educational institutions on the basis of the “Youth Balance” by decision of the Republican Commission for Coordination of Youth Work in Mahallas. In this regard, these leaders should: meet with the youth assigned to them at least once a month, solve their problems and reveal their potential, provide them with employment by training them in high-demand professions, find their place in life, and also provide comprehensive assistance in raising their legal awareness and culture. This decree is the central document of state policy designed to encourage youth and business entities and expand innovative activities. Its main tasks are: to bring the direction of supporting youth and business of the “Uzbekistan-2030” strategy to a practical stage, diversify the economy through innovation and increase competitiveness, and encourage talented youth and startups integrated into socio-economic growth.
Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures to radically improve the system of working with youth in neighborhoods” (PQ-92 dated 19.01.2022). In order to introduce new management mechanisms for working with young people, create a vertical system for working with them, solve youth problems directly in neighborhoods, and further increase the effectiveness of spiritual, educational and educational work in educational institutions:
The position of youth leader shall be introduced in every town, village, aul, as well as in every neighborhood in cities, towns, villages and auls. The following shall be defined as the main tasks of the youth leader in the neighborhood: to form a “Youth Balance”, to enter the necessary information about young people into the electronic platforms “Youth Notebook” and “Youth Portal”, to organize effective work with them; to meaningfully organize the leisure time of young people in neighborhoods, to popularize national folk games and sports among young people, to implement Five Important Initiative Projects, youth festivals and other cultural and educational events, to increase the social activity of young people, to encourage their talents, abilities and initiatives and to help them find their place in life, to educate young people in the spirit of patriotism and to ensure their intellectual maturity and spiritual development. This resolution initiated a structural and functional transformation in the system of working with young people. This decision: Created a position responsible at the neighborhood level for direct and systematic communication with young people,
Improved the quality of youth data management and service provision through social monitoring and digital systems, and implemented projects that have gained great social significance between generations. Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures to increase income and ensure employment of young people by allocating land to them, as well as on the development of new land areas” (No. PQ-153 dated 05.04.2024) . In order to increase the production of food crops through the effective use of land and water resources in agriculture, ensure employment of the population, including youth, and increase their incomes: It is determined that 60 thousand hectares of land in the reserve of district khokimiyats will be put up for electronic online auctions and leased to young people on a priority basis for the organization of dehkan farms, and the following new system will be introduced, covering the chain from cultivation to sale of agricultural products. Resolution No. PQ-153 is an important legal document aimed at stimulating the economic activity of young people through material resources and strengthening their employment. Resolution: Establishes the provision of land resources necessary for young people to start and implement their own economic projects. Opens up various sources of income for young people who are not employed in agriculture and other sectors. Serves as a solid foundation for unlocking the potential of young people in the future and ensuring socio-economic stability. i. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures to improve the system of training young people in professions (specialties) and foreign languages” In accordance with the Resolution No. 213 of 17.04.2024 , the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan decides to ensure the implementation of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-59 dated April 4, 2024 “On improving labor migration processes and additional measures to support persons temporarily engaged in labor activities abroad”, as well as to support the interest of young people in learning foreign languages and acquiring a profession, to improve the system of training them as competitive personnel in the domestic and foreign labor markets, and to expand their opportunities for work in foreign countries. The Resolution establishes the expansion of the system of training the population, especially young people, in modern professions and foreign languages. This is aimed at training competitive personnel in the labor market. Short-term training courses in specialties and foreign languages that are in high demand in the regions will be opened. Modern methodologies and curricula will be introduced. The employment opportunities of trained citizens will expand, they will be able to start their own business or work in the service sector. It will fill the gaps in the labor market in terms of skills and language skills. It will increase international job opportunities through knowledge of foreign languages. It will develop practical and short-term forms of vocational education. It will open the way for young people and the unemployed to express themselves and achieve economic independence. Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures to develop the social and production infrastructure of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2024-2026” (No. PQ-404 dated 25.12.2023) . It is about implementing the tasks set out in the “Uzbekistan — 2030” strategy, further developing social and production infrastructure in the regions, especially in neighborhoods, as well as improving the living standards of the population and creating a favorable investment environment for entrepreneurs. On the basis of the resolution, a comprehensive set of measures and a state program have been developed for the development of social and production infrastructure in the country. The resolution established the establishment of an “Infrastructure Development Engineering Company” for the construction, reconstruction and overhaul of preschool educational institutions, general education and specialized schools in 2024–2026. The resolution provides for the implementation of work on the modernization of infrastructure and the construction of new facilities on the basis of the necessary design and estimate documentation and through a state order
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1. http://lex.uz//uz/docs/-7451522 On measures to implement the tasks set out in the open dialogue of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan with youth
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