Understanding The Uyghur People: Dispelling Myths

Cornell student zilala mamat '27 is working to document uyghur history by visiting the region, meeting people and digitizing documents, photos, memos and manuscripts. Ernie rea explores the faith of the majority muslim uyghur people. What could be lost from their language, culture and heritage? From soviet territory, the newly refined idea of a uyghur nation was exported to xinjiang through official and unofficial conduits, and in the 1930s the uyghur identity of xinjiangs muslim. This muslim ethnic group are distinct with different culture,.