By Abduweli Ayup / June 4, 2025 / Essay, Essay in English / 8 minutes of reading Before it was terminated by the Trump administration, the Radio Free Asia Uyghur service was vital for persecuted Uyghurs to communicate their plight to the world. Nowruz is the name of March in Uyghur. It means the beginning of a new day and a […]
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A Thornbush in the Desert Abduweli Ayup, translated and with an introduction by Avi Ackermann Memories of a Uyghur political prisoner. January 14, 2025 Uyghur travelers at the Kashgar Railway Station, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 2016 Abduweli Ayup was born in 1973 in Upal, a town close to the city of Kashgar in the far west
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I risked prison to keep the Uyghur culture alive By Abduweli Ayup Photography by Lisa Ross 14 June 2024 I knew Ramadan would start on June 28 because someone in the cell before us had carved
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Beginning of the Ramadan in the Jail Abduwali Ayup I spent my 15 months in Chinese detention camp, because of having Uyghur language kindergarten for kids from 3 to 6 years old. I spent my first Ramathan there without eating but with praying, without having wudu but with reciting something I could not change a
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Uyghur Poems From a Chinese Prison The acclaimed poet Gulnisa Imin is serving a 17-year sentence because her work supposedly promotes “separatism.” She’s still writing. By Yasmeen Serhan Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty July 16, 2022 Share Save For many Uyghurs, poetry is less a niche literary exercise than a vital part of everyday life.
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Abduweli Ayup is writing books for exiled Uyghur children Politics & Current Affairs Exiled linguist Abduweli Ayup is publishing books for children with the aim of ensuring the Uyghur language and cultural traditions never die despite the most repressive efforts of the Chinese state. Ruth Ingram Published March 9, 2023 Read later Share this article Illustration
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China: Hundreds of Uyghur Village Names Change Part of Broader Government Effort to Erase Uyghur Culture in Xinjiang A signboard reads “Welcome to Hotan Unity New Village” in Hotan, Xinjiang, September 21, 2018. © 2018 Andy Wong/AP Photo (New York) – Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have been systematically changing hundreds of village names with religious, historical, or cultural
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Renowned Uyghur poet dies following prison release in Xinjiang Abdulla Sawut was serving time for his writings about Uyghur revolutionary history and heroes. By Shohret Hoshur for RFA Uyghur 2022.12.29 Uyghur writer and poet Abdulla Sawut in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of Abduweli Ayup A renowned Uyghur writer and poet in poor health when
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