Uyghur love in a time of interethnic marriage
Since 2018, there has been a notable rise in articles promoting marriage between Han men and Uyghur…
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Requiem for the ‘Living Dead’: Ten years after 7-5
July 5, 2009, is a date that forever changed the course of Xinjiang history. The lives of…
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A memorial to Uyghur civil rights and the legacy of Tiananmen
Pictured: The Uyghur student activist Örkesh, better known in English-language media as Wu’er Kaixi, raises his arms…
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‘Truth hidden in the dark’: Chinese international student responses to Xinjiang
Pictured: Students line up for a public presentation on the mass internment of Uyghurs with Rushan Abbas…
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Uyghurs don’t need to be saved. Their stories need to be mainstreamed
Poets — and the musicians who perform their lyrics — are at the forefront of…
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‘The night is thick’: Uyghur poets respond to the disappearance of their relatives
The painting “Second Nature” by the contemporary Uyghur artist Nijat Hushur, above, reflects the…
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The future of Uyghur cultural — and halal — life in the Year of the Pig
Top: Uyghur children dressed in Han cultural clothing celebrating the year of the pig in…
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The ‘patriotism’ of not speaking Uyghur
Urumqi No. 1 Primary school, 2018: Uyghur script “disappeared.” Photo by Joanne Smith Finley Uyghur “patriotism”…
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‘As if you’ve spent your whole life in prison’: Starving and subdued in Xinjiang detention centers
When Chinese state authorities prepared to release Gulbahar Jelil, an ethnic Uyghur woman born and raised in Kazakhstan,…
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