Because I Have to: The Path to Survival, the Uyghur Struggle

by Jewher Ilham

Book Overview

When Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Tohti, an internationally known advocate for peaceful dialogue between his Uyghur people and Han Chinese, was detained at the Beijing airport in February 2013 on charges of "separatism," and later sentenced to life in prison, Jewher was forced to begin a new life apart from her family in a new country. There, she found her voice as an advocate for her father, and for Uyghur people being forced into concentration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608012271
• ISBN13: 9781608012275
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of New Orleans Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up