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writer Dania Quadri comments of the Foundation for Uyghur Movement’s interview with Nursiman Abdureshid. Since gaining the attention of international media, China’s “re-education camps” have shone a light on the persecution of Uyghurs in the country. In an interview with Foundation for Uyghur Movement director Laura Bierer-Nielsen, Nursiman Abdureshid, a Uyghur whose family was taken to one such camp, recalls: “Uyghurs are physically and mentally tortured… even killed… they have to learn the communist party ideology from day to night and sing the right songs before meals…” ...

Roar writer Dania Quadri reviews a Walthamstow restaurant, Etles Uyghur Restaurant. A few months ago, while poring over articles about the Uyghur genocide, I realised I knew very little about Uyghur culture. If the aim of genocide is to wipe away a peoples’ culture and identity, then internalising and documenting a cultural experience would be my very small way of doing something to preserve Uyghur culture. I decided that this first cultural experience would be related to food, and I used Instagram to connect with the Uyghur community in London. My search lead me to Zulfukar Ablikim on Inst...