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A traditional Uyghur knife store, 1987
PC: _vatanparvar
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Interested in Uyghur literature but don't know much Uyghur? Here's a list of Uyghur lit that has been translated to English!
Some new translations are being published soon as well so we'll be updating this regularly :)
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Thread on action items if you want to help Uyghurs by don’t know how
#uyghur
#freeuyghur
#starvationgenocide
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International uyghur girls version 😅
It got cropped on twitter so here’s the link to the full thing:
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Gulshan Abbas at the medical school in Ürümchi, 1982
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Kashgar, 1957. Gotta admit our sangza skills have gotten better since then.
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Pictured: Abid Quereshi, who has been running marathons to raise awareness of the Uyghur issue and raise money for the London Uyghur school. This is his 3rd time donating money. —
@DilnazKerim
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Commemorating the two East Turkistan Republics that were established in 1933 and 1944 on November 12th.
Photo is of Ehmetjan Qasimi (1914-1949), the second president of the second ETR. He was in office from 1946-1949.
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Happy International Mother Language Day! Here’s a chart of Uyghur Ereb Yéziqi (UEY) and it’s Uyghur Latin Yéziqi (ULY) equivalent for all your spelling needs :)
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Photos from “Bazaars of Chinese Turkistan: Life and Trade Along the Old Silk Road” by Peter Yung, 1997
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What does July 5th mean to us? Is there a disconnect between your first-hand experience that day in 2009, and the stories the governments and media outlets presented?
Art by: nenasbadart
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🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 reposting from
@leonaxie88
: “Today I ran at Fenway for the 1.5 million (+) Uyghurs who are in concentration camps. The names of many are on my arms. Please don’t just google Uyghur, but take action. You can…
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This map is found in Mahmud Kashgari’s book, Diwan Lughat al-Turk ~1072. It’s oriented with the East on top & shows the Turkic world + other places that regularly interacted with it. Green=oceans, yellow=deserts & cities, blue=rivers, red=mountains
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Uyghurs in Adelaide photographed by
@christinasimons
for the
@nytimes
, at the Wandana Mosque and the Uyghur Language School
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The fact that the US govt doesn’t care about Uyghurs per say, but may in fact have a more political reason for speaking about them, does not negate the fact that *China is committing genocide against Uyghurs*
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Correction 🥲 it’s actually Khotan
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1/ An Uyghur typewriter, discovered recently in Australia by
@HasanoffSabira
. Apparently not much is known about it except that it was brought back from weten by her grandfather at some point, so I did some internet sleuthing using the brand name "Flying Fish"
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@ Uyghurs who are saying “rioting is bad” and criticising Black people, take another look at July 5th (and every other situation where we peacefully protested and the CCP mobilised the army to stop us) and think about what happened there and why.
#blacklivesmatter
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Quran from East Turkistan, possibly 16th century
PC: Duke University repository
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1/ Scenes from the film Nazugum (1991)
Nazugum is considered an Uyghur heroine and is often used as a symbol of the courage and honour of women.
Born in the 1800s in Kashgar, she participated in revolts against the invasion of the Manchu Empire in 1826
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Etgar Mosque, Khotan, built in 18th-19th c
PC: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Digital Images & Slides Collection 1993.05163
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Thread 🧵
The Tarim Network is embarking on an exciting new project titled the Standard Uyghur Curriculum.
Aim: to create a comprehensive and standardised Uyghur language curriculum for grades 1-10, tailored for Uyghur children aged 5-15 in the diaspora community.
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On the fire in Ürümchi yesterday. Zero covid is just another way to oppress and kill people. Add the racist element of the Han Government against Uyghurs and you get the shortest stick in this horrific situation
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#UyghursDoingThings
9: Nailya representing Uyghurs at the Global Peace Chain Summit, held in Feb 2022 in Dubai, at just 16 years old!She was also among the selection board members as an interviewer for the next Summit!
@PeaceByDialogue
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Animation of one of Ghazi Ahmed’s famous depictions of a muqam ensemble
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Two
#charities
you should donate to if you’d like to help Uyghurs:
1. Language is perhaps one of the most important and palpable things that keeps us connected to our culture and community, particularly in the face of genocide.
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🧵 On April 5th 1990, hundreds of people gathered outside the government offices in Baren to protest against the recent extension of strict family planning policies and religious restrictions to the Uyghurs.
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"Dumplings and other delicacies" found near Turpan in 1972. Presumably around the 7th century
PC: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Digital Images & Slides Collection 2001.05459
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Studying… population growth of *Uyghurs and analysing… happiness(??) through dance..????
I am travelling to Xinjiang in 2024 to study how the Uighurs have contributed to the substantial growth in the Xinjiang GDP and look at their population growth. Analyse their happiness and expression through 🕺 dancing.
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The East Turkistan sweaters are back online! Hope y’all managed to snag one of Subi’s hoodies this weekend. If not, you’ve still got us 😎
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A political map of East Turkistan issues by the ETR government in 1947
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What can we do? Who can we turn to?
Individual Actions:
Spread awareness: not only on social media. Speak to your friends, colleagues, and bring it up in your class discussions.
Call and email Chinese embassies. You can find contact details for your country’s embassy on Google
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Repost
@jessebvad
: “A Uyghur girl walks into the last remaining section of unaltered old city in Kashgar. On this day I was circling the perimeter of the neighborhood but was unable to enter due to heavy police presence.…
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People not understanding that Uyghur as a language of instruction in education and Uyghur language classes are completely different things with a lot of different implications...
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🧵 You may be familiar with morning (etigen), afternoon (chüsh), and evening (kech). But did you know Uyghur has more words for specific times of the day? Here are some of them:
Qaq bo: when you see the first light of dawn
Nashta: around 6-7 am
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East Turkistan looks like a scene from a dream…
PC:
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Ramadan mubarek! May all your fasts and prayers be accepted, may those living in our homeland find peace, may we see freedom iA
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Bernie bowa derwazning aldida gep anglaydu gep qimmaydu
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At a carpet manufacturer in Khotan, 1957
PC: Ru Suichu
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1/4 A handbook of medicine and the treatment of different diseases and their remedies. Includes enumeration of different medicines and other remedies, quoting Luqman, charm formulas for use in the healing process, some Turki poetry, stories and medical prescriptions, and...
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Wow damn sorry I was so wrong people can read Uyghur which means systemic language erasure does not exist 🤡. Bet the US has also gotten rid of racism coz Obama was president
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“The Place of Festivities”, watercolor painting by Joy Bostwick
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Etles at
@FashionWeek
. This was part of Louise Xin Couture 2022 fashion show in Stockholm, Sweden, where she spoke about Uyghur forced labour as well as slavery and child labour
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Örkesh Dölet (Wu’erkaixi) was a student leader at the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. He was an undergrad in the Education Department in Beijing Normal University at the time
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Still in need of a lot of donation to reach our goal for this year! Here’s the link to donate:
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Just had someone ask to be removed from some very apolitical, Uyghur-related social media posts because their parents were questioned by the police back home. Idk why it still shocks me that the CCP targets their most assimilated, “perfect citizen” Uyghurs. But no one is safe...
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If enough people are interested I may bring doppas back to our online store?
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Matching Abduréhim Héyt stickers for dad and daughter 😍 ft. altun.etlas
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The orgs responsible for distributing the funds have identified 2400+ Uyghur families in Turkey who need support. So far we've raised $25k! This is enough to support ~25-30 families for 1 month. But there's 2,370 more families. How far can we push?
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Ongoing actions:
Boycott and call out forced labour products and companies that that continue to benefit from forced labour. Follow
@forcdlabourfash
or
@JewherIlham
for more
Products linked to forced labour are still being found in US stores despite bans!
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Super excited to see
@JewherIlham
’s new book “Because I Have To” out and available here:
Looking forward to reading it!
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Eid Mubarak 🥰🥰
May all your prayers and fasts be accepted. Praying also for everyone in East Turkistan 🤲🏼
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A tea house in old town Kashgar
PC: Francesco Lastrucci
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No words…
(Please let me know who made this image, someone sent it with no context)
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Contact your government reps. Let them know that as their constituent you believe this to be an important issue and that they should place pressure on China to stop their Covid policies. Do this in person if you can, or call. If not possible, send a physical letter and email.
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Any small donation will go a long way! Please help an Uyghur artist out as he launches his art career.
Dilshat is a young artist based in Kazakhstan. You may have seen his works in our previous art contests 👏🏼. Please…
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In the US, you can call your representatives and ask them to support these bills:
-Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act
-Uyghur Policy Act
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15 Uyghur Artists You Should Be Following. There are clearly more than 15 Uyghur artists you need to be following, but here's just a few to start with! Let us know who your favourites are and who we should feature for part 2!
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“A 600-page long Uyghur-Japanese dictionary by Japanese Turkologist Eiji Iinuma. Printed in Taiwan, then first published in Jinbo-cho, a famous “book city” of Tokyo.” —
@Shel__SonOfLion
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A thread on how calling out companies for forced labour can be effective
One thing I learned from marketers is that calling out a company on social media for their inadequate response to
#UyghurForcedLabor
is more effective than you might think. A 🧵:
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Group Actions:
If you are part of a group, or in a club at school, you can coordinate these actions for greater impact.
Protest. Organise a demonstration in your city. Print out flyers and hand them out to people. Consistent efforts will gain attention!
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For the people asking for the Bernie boway pics lol
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Feb 1st was
#WorldHijabDay
and we remember how the CCP has banned many religious expression like hijabs for people in ET. It’s simple, women should be able to wear what they choose without the government interfering.
Also big shoutout to all my hijabi girls out there 😌
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Contact journalists, local papers, news sites, large social media accounts, influencers, etc to tell them to write about these issues.
You can also write op-eds or small articles - news outlets are looking for Uyghurs in their localities to comment on these issues.
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On May 9, 2020, Uyghur youth from the village of Ken Bulun and journalist Feruza Matmusaev visited a veteran of the ETR Army, Abdukerim Abdrakhmanov. Currently, we know of only 3 ETR veterans who are still alive: Abdukerim Abdrakhmanov, Ablimit Bakriev and Abdurekhim Salimov
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A delectable plate of bésip leghmen at the Tarim Uyghur Restaurant in Sydney, Australia
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It's my birthday today so I thought I'd post this really beautiful rendition of the song 🥰
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Here are some Uyghur diaspora photographers and filmmakers you can follow!
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