I used to know more but say less. But this thread is a little long, please be patient:

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The story touched me with the shocking plot. Though I possess the relative experiences, I’m still shocked. I had to stop several times during the reading.

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https://twitter.com/RianThum/status/1216141742304583684

Urumqi is a city, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region where I ever lived in. The rich details in the story wake up my memories. There are about one million Hui Muslims in #Xinjiang.

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马(Ma) is famous surname of Hui Muslim. When our ancestors had to make Chinese name, they tried to hold Muslim memory. The speak sound of Chinese马 is ma, like Mahmoud Malik and Mohammad these Muslim names. So 马(Ma) is the most welcomed by Hui Muslims.
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https://twitter.com/omarali50/status/1055526644650205184

On the other hand, many people are cavalry in Hui Muslim ancestors，they love their partners. The meaning of 马 is horse in Chinese.
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