Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

How much of your stuff is linked to forced Uighur labour?

Comment: Big brands must be held responsible for forced Uighur labour, no matter how far down their supply chain, writes Tasnim Nazeer. A new report conducted by the Australian Str ...

American companies must stop sourcing from Chinese forced labor camps

The posters on the wall alongside the Qingdao Taekwang Shoes Co. factory — the side where the Uighur workers enter and exit, and live in dorms — feature Communist Party propaganda ...

A round table meeting on the opportunities and possibilities that would be available in East Turkistan Case was held in the Hague, the Netherlands

To discuss the opportunities that the international situation would bring to East Turkestan and the possibilities we had, a round table meeting on the opportunities and possibiliti ...

Google Translate supports new languages for the first time in four years, including Uyghur

By Nick Statt@nickstatt Feb 26, 2020, 12:30pm EST Google Translate is adding support for five new languages today, bringing its total to 108 languages. The move marks the f ...

China Uighurs: Detained for beards, veils and internet browsing

A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been ...

Don’t forget the Uighur amid the coronavirus crisis

The world has been indifferent to the plight of the Uighurs, leading some to claim that coronavirus may be a punishment. by Omar Suleiman 14 Feb 2020 Men seen praying at the mosque ...

Senator Rubio Bringing Uighur Activist as State of the Union Guest

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) talks to reporters following a classified national security briefing of the U.S. Senate on developments with Iran after attacks by Iran ...

Google Translate supports new languages for the first time in four years, including Uyghur

Posted by: Uygur Alp Posted date: March 01, 2020 In: Uyghur Literature, Language & Education, Uyghur News

By Nick Statt@nickstatt Feb 26, 2020, 12:30pm EST Google Translate is adding support for five new languages today, bringing its total to 108 languages. The move marks the first addition of new languages to Google’s artificial intelligence-powered translation product in four years, the company says. Among the new languages added are Kinyarwanda, Odia, Tatar, Turkmen, and Uyghur, and Google says the c ...

Pilgrims in Old Uyghur Inscriptions: A Glimpse behind Their Records

Posted by: Karakurum Uyghur Posted date: January 29, 2020 In: Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

Introduction The remains of Old Uyghur Buddhist scriptures of varying content, as well as records and documents of Buddhist communities and monasteries which are preserved in numerous Central Asian collections worldwide, clearly demonstrate the widespread and fairly long-lasting Buddhist orientation of the Uyghurs and their affiliation to different Buddhist schools or varieties of Buddhism.1 I ...

ئالدىدا – Before

Posted by: Uyghur Academy Posted date: June 25, 2019 In: Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

نىمشېھىت Nimshehit Translated by Aziz Isa Elkun ۋەسلىدىن ئۆزگە كېرەكمەس ماڭا جانان ئالدىدا ئارزۇيۇم سەن ئېرۇرسەن تەن بىلەن جان ئالدىدا بىرگۈلى رەنا ئېرۇرسەن باغۇ بوستان ئالدىدا تا زىيارەت قىلـمىسام مەن سېنى ئىمكان ئالدىدا يۈزلۈرۈم شەرمەندە بولسۇن تاڭلا سۇبھان ئالدىدا I need nothing except only the love of my beloved You are the greatest hope of my soul and body You are the finest rose in a land of gard ...

Uyghur migration from China to Soviet Central Asia in the 1950s and 1960s

Posted by: Otkur Buğra Posted date: October 23, 2018 In: Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON By: Gulnisa Nazarova Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Gulnisa Nazarova is John D. Soper Senior Lecturer of Uyghur Language in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. Her ongoing research explores the experiences of some of the thousands of Uyghurs who emigrated from Xinjiang in the People’s Republic of China to Soviet Central Asia in the 1950s and 196 ...

Symposium on Solutions for the Dangerous Situation of Uyghurs Today

Posted by: Uyghur Academy Posted date: May 31, 2018 In: UA Activities, Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

Uyghur Academy is pleased to host a “Symposium on Solutions for the Dangerous Situation of Uyghurs Today”. This one-day event will be held From 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2018 on the Fatih Sultan Mehmet University, Istanbul / TURKEY. If you need more information please contact Mr. Abdulhamit Karahan, Phone: +905306677851, E-mail: uyghurakademy@gmail.com, Web sites: www.akademiye.org/en ...