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The best thing about the Beijing #Olympics is that the word #Uyghur is now in the headlines every single day.
To help give a face to the million+ Uyghurs in China's camps, let me introduce you to my friend Rahile Dawut.
Rahile disappeared into China's camps four years ago.
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To help give a face to the million+ Uyghurs in China's camps, let me introduce you to my friend Rahile Dawut.
Rahile disappeared into China's camps four years ago.
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Rahile is a renowned anthropologist, specializing in Uyghur religious traditions and oral literature.
Respected in China and internationally, she has lectured at Harvard and Cornell.
She is also one of the warmest, funniest, most generous people I know.
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Respected in China and internationally, she has lectured at Harvard and Cornell.
She is also one of the warmest, funniest, most generous people I know.
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Rahile has been a mentor for a generation of Uyghur graduate students.
Her students revere her. Many have gone on to academic careers of their own.
Rahile is famous in the Uyghur region. People know her, and they're proud of her.
Yet she's completely humble about it all.
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Her students revere her. Many have gone on to academic careers of their own.
Rahile is famous in the Uyghur region. People know her, and they're proud of her.
Yet she's completely humble about it all.
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Today marks three years since my friend and colleague Rahile Dawut disappeared into China's internment camps.
Her only crime: being born a #Uyghur.
Rahile is a highly respected scholar of Uyghur religious traditions and oral literature. She is also a lovely human being.
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Her only crime: being born a #Uyghur.
Rahile is a highly respected scholar of Uyghur religious traditions and oral literature. She is also a lovely human being.
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In January 2017, the Chinese government-run journal Xinjiang Women honored Rahile by putting her on its cover.
In December of that year, the same government threw Rahile in an internment camp.
Three years have now passed. No charges, no date of release, no news. Just gone.
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In December of that year, the same government threw Rahile in an internment camp.
Three years have now passed. No charges, no date of release, no news. Just gone.
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Rahile Dawut has done more than perhaps any other person to archive Uyghur oral literature.
She is a leading scholar of shrine pilgrimage among the Uyghurs.
She is a beloved mentor to a generation of Uyghur students, many of whom have gone on to their own scholarly careers
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She is a leading scholar of shrine pilgrimage among the Uyghurs.
She is a beloved mentor to a generation of Uyghur students, many of whom have gone on to their own scholarly careers
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