Ilham, Jewher
Because I have to the path to survival, the Uyghur struggle Path to survival, the Uyghur struggle - Louisiana : University of New Orleans Press , 2021 . - 165 Seiten illustrationen, Diagramme
Literaturhinweise
"When Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Tohti, an internationally known advocate for peaceful dialogue between his Uyghur people and Han Chinese, was detained at the Beijing airport in February 2013 on charges of "separatism," and later sentenced to life in prison, Jewher was forced to begin a new life apart from her family in a new country. There, she found her voice as an advocate for her father, and for Uyghur people being forced into concentration camps by the Chinese government. In Because I Have To, Jewher shares an intimate account of how she maintained the strength and courage to fight for her father, the sometimes emotional toll it took on her, and the inspiration and loss of her mentor. With the inclusion of testimonials of Uyghur camp survivors and others affected by the crackdown on Uyghurs in China, Because I Have To tells the story of one person, and of an entire culture under threat"--
9781608012275 paperback
2021031997
Ilham, Jewher
Ilham, Jewher--Family
Political activists--Political activists--China--Biography
College students--College students--Indiana--Bloomington--Biography
Uighur (Turkic people)--Ethnic identity
Political refugees--United States--Biography
Uiguren
Menschenrechtsverletzung
Politischer Gefangener
Konzentrationslager
Muslim
China
DS731.U4
362.82 B
Because I have to the path to survival, the Uyghur struggle Path to survival, the Uyghur struggle - Louisiana : University of New Orleans Press , 2021 . - 165 Seiten illustrationen, Diagramme
Literaturhinweise
"When Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Tohti, an internationally known advocate for peaceful dialogue between his Uyghur people and Han Chinese, was detained at the Beijing airport in February 2013 on charges of "separatism," and later sentenced to life in prison, Jewher was forced to begin a new life apart from her family in a new country. There, she found her voice as an advocate for her father, and for Uyghur people being forced into concentration camps by the Chinese government. In Because I Have To, Jewher shares an intimate account of how she maintained the strength and courage to fight for her father, the sometimes emotional toll it took on her, and the inspiration and loss of her mentor. With the inclusion of testimonials of Uyghur camp survivors and others affected by the crackdown on Uyghurs in China, Because I Have To tells the story of one person, and of an entire culture under threat"--
9781608012275 paperback
2021031997
Ilham, Jewher
Ilham, Jewher--Family
Political activists--Political activists--China--Biography
College students--College students--Indiana--Bloomington--Biography
Uighur (Turkic people)--Ethnic identity
Political refugees--United States--Biography
Uiguren
Menschenrechtsverletzung
Politischer Gefangener
Konzentrationslager
Muslim
China
DS731.U4
362.82 B