Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

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 ...

Why I stand up against the Red Evil – China?

Abstract “The issue is more than religion, the issue is more than cultural identity, the issue is more than racism, it is a humanitarian crisis against humanity; it is a comprehens ...

Rape in Xinjiang Camps: The Tibetan Precedent

Accounts of sexual abuse of detained Uyghur and ethnic Kazakh women are highly believable. Buddhist nuns are also raped in Tibet’s transformation through education camps, where rap ...

Coronavirus to hit Uyghur camps

by BENGISU INCETAS The deadly Coronavirus infection is a virus caused by an outbreak of respiratory illness that was first found in Wuhan, China, according to the Centers fo ...

Atush Roads Fenced Off, Residents Confined to Homes, as Xinjiang Stares Down Virus Advance

Residents line up inside the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang. AP/Ng Han Guan 2020 ...

Why I stand up against the Red Evil – China?

Posted by: Karakurum Uyghur Posted date: February 13, 2020 In: China's Uyghur Politics, Uyghur Literature, Language & Education

Abstract “The issue is more than religion, the issue is more than cultural identity, the issue is more than racism, it is a humanitarian crisis against humanity; it is a comprehensive genocide towards against Uyghurs in terms of culture, religion, language and identity”. I do claim these statements for last few years starting from year 2016. I used to be a neutral academician who mainly focus on academia an ...

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 ...