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SUMMARY:The Silence of the Silk Road: A Conversation with Uyghur Scholar Abduweli Ayup and Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Abduweli Ayup\, Uyghur scholar and rights advocate \nModerator: Tenzin Dorjee\, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Columbia University \nAbduweli Ayup is a leading Uyghur scholar\, poet\, and human rights activist. Born in Kashgar\, Ayup was detained in 2013 for advocating Uyghur language education. The event will include the screening of the short film “Behind the Mask\,” which recounts Ayup’s extraordinary confrontation with a former camp guard\, the toll his activism has taken on his family\, and his lifelong struggle to protect the Uyghur language from Beijing’s assimilationist policies. \nThis event is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. \nRegistration: \n\nTo attend this event in-person\, please register HERE.\nTo attend this event online\, please register HERE.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact Information\nJulie Kwan\njk4371@columbia.edu\n\n
URL:https://ealac.columbia.edu/event/the-silence-of-the-silk-road-a-conversation-with-uyghur-scholar-abduweli-ayup-and-film-screening/
LOCATION:WEAI Conference Room (IAB 918)
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