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Ablajan Awut Ayup (Uyghur: ئابلاجان ئاۋۇت ئايۇپ, Chinese: 阿卜拉江·阿吾提; born 11 November 1984) is a singer, songwriter and dancer who wrote over 400 songs and was known for promoting Uyghur culture and identity as well as singing bilingual songs, in both Chinese and Uyghur. [3]
In March 2017, he was arrested and imprisoned, reportedly after performing a song, "Fathers", based on a traditional Uyghur poem calling on younger generations to respect the sacrifices of their forefathers and containing a reference to the "martyrs of war". He was reportedly serving an eight-year sentence. [2] [7] [8]
The resulting pop industry produced bands like Shireli, whose 1995 Trance 2 was a reggaeish version of a local folk song. [2] Later prominent musicians include Pasha Isha , Äskär and his band Grey Wolf , Abdulla Abdurehim and Alim Jan , who appeared in such international releases as the soundtrack to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , where he ...
This category is for films wholly in the Uyghur language, or in which Uyghur is used for a significant part of the dialogue. Pages in category "Uyghur-language films" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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In 2023, it was scheduled to be screened at the Jana Cekara Film Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan, alongside other films about Uyghurs, but the screening was cancelled. According to Abbas' testimony at a hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China , the supposed reason for the cancellation were visits by Chinese diplomats to the venue.
Tahir Hamut Izgil (born 1969) is a modernist Uyghur poet, filmmaker, and activist. [1] [2] A leader in avant-garde Uyghur poetry in the 1990s, he is known for poems and films strongly influenced by Uyghur life. [3] Originally from Xinjiang, he is currently living in exile in the United States. [2]
Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Patricio Henríquez and released in 2014. [1] Following up on his 2011 film You Don't Like the Truth , the film documents the story of 22 Uyghur men who were captured as prisoners during the War in Afghanistan , and incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay for over a decade ...