The Uyghurs are a Turkic people, some twelve million of whom live in the Uyghur Region in the northwest of the People’s Republic of China. This archive collects essays on their history and culture, and on the policies to which they are subjected today — written plainly, documented carefully, and offered to any reader who wishes to understand.
The Essays
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Who Are the Uyghurs?
A short history of a people at the heart of the Silk Road: their language, their faith, and their place between empires.
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The Documentation
What the leaked files, satellite images, and survivor accounts establish — and how we know what we know. (Placeholder — replace with your essay.)
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A Culture Under Pressure
On language, music, mosques, and memory: what is being lost, and what survives in the diaspora.