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China’s Women’s Mosques: Claiming Women’s Space in the Mosque

Posted by eren on 06 Dec 2012 / 0 Comments

Over the past few years, I have been quite interested in Chinese Islamic practices. Part of it comes from my own Chinese ancestry, which is often clouded by strong Mexican traditions and marital institutions. Although today my mother’s family acknowledges that my great-great-grandfather was Chinese, a few decades back, no one was thrilled to admit […]

The Media’s Love Affair with Rebiya Kadeer and the Uighurs

Posted by yusra on 14 Jul 2009 / 0 Comments

Uighur Women in the Spotlight The media loves Uighur women. They give them lots of margins, and inches on front pages. They plaster their photos and quote them favorably. In prominent photo spreads, they marvel at their exotic traditional attire. They sympathize with their struggle against the brutal, ruthless Communist China. Looking at the photos […]