If you visit twitter, you may find several accounts of Gazans. Seeing their life in Gaza and their descriptions of the pains they are experiencing saddens me so much that I feel helpless and become ashamed of my own self

Unique traditional headgear of Uyghur women of Keriya Oasis (small caps)

Types of traditional headgear of various native people of East Turkestan

Uyghur identity in a picture.

#best_documentaries

Brilliant Uyghur documentary about inhabitants of a remote (and renowned) village Qarañğu Tağ ("Dark Mountain", in Uyghur language):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cmj2uw3ZZTI



Read the description of the movie here:
http://www.sinoturcica.org/memories-of-tunganistan-saipulla-mutallips-qarangghu-tagh/



For a historical context, consult Andrew Forbes’ book (specifically, a chapter which relates to Tunganistan).

Shrines in East Turkestan.

The picture taken from: https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/224837762/twelve_imams_in_Khotan_Revised.docx

Shrines in East Turkestan.

The picture taken from: https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/224837762/twelve_imams_in_Khotan_Revised.docx

Excerpt from the source above:

The richest sources for Eastern Turkistan’s Twelver narratives are the popular hagiographies that were associated with pilgrimage sites in the region. These hagiographical texts were called taẕkirah, despite substantial differences from the generic conventions of tazkirahs in other traditions. They describe the heroic deeds of locally significant saints in simple prose or verse, often drawn from oral material. Few of the Imam-related tazkirahs have been published in print, but numerous manuscripts survive. Their biographies of the Imams of Khotan are almost entirely divorced from the Imam-related narrative traditions of the Arabic- and Persian-speaking worlds, whether Sunni or Shiʿi.

Excerpt:

Judging from satellite imagery, the shrines of Imam Jă’fari Sadiq and Yalghuz Oghul (“Only Son”) appear to have been completely razed. Imam Asim, along with the associated shrine of Imam Hashim, have been desecrated and damaged.The monumental entry gate to the shrine complex of Imami Ăptăh has also been torn down.

For centuries, Uyghurs of Altishahr (a region consisting of a string of interconnected cities and towns around the harsh Taklamakan Desert) have journeyed between the different Muslim shrines dotting the Taklamakan Desert, such as this one. Now, the Chinese state has forcibly closed many of them. The continuous pilgrimage around those shrines has led to the emergence of a proto-national Altishahri/Uyghur identity. A small number of Huis would also visit those shrines but language barriers prevented them from participating in recitations and other shrine-related activities.

Paraphrased from: https://caravanmagazine.in/lede/china-siege-uyghur-worship

Predicament of obesity in china (look at the pictures!)

Though belatedly, the admin wishes for the destruction of chinese and israeli colonization. This is the belated message for the Eid celebrations.

Such disgrace that Türkiye handed over the 3 Uzbek heroes (who killed a moldovan terrorist) to the UEA for execution!!

A great documentary channel about Bosnia :

https://m.youtube.com/@pravdabosna

Another wonderful documentary (mute):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=suLzYdlsqCg&pp