Jewher Ilham A Uyghur's Fight to Free Her Father |
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| Editor:
| Braver, Adam
Barton, Ashley |
| As told to:
| Braver, Adam
Barton, Ashley |
| Introduction by:
| Brown, Sherrod |
| Foreword by:
| Brown, Sherrod |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60801-120-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of New Orleans Publishing
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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When Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Tohti, was detained at the Beijing airport in February 2013 on charges of "separatism," Jewher had two choices: she could stay in China or fly to America alone. Jewher boarded the plane for Indiana and began a new life apart from her family and was half a world away when her father was sentenced to life in prison. Through a series of interviews with novelist Adam Braver and scholar Ashley Barton, Jewher recounted her father's nightmare and her own...
More DescriptionWhen Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Tohti, was detained at the Beijing airport in February 2013 on charges of "separatism," Jewher had two choices: she could stay in China or fly to America alone. Jewher boarded the plane for Indiana and began a new life apart from her family and was half a world away when her father was sentenced to life in prison. Through a series of interviews with novelist Adam Braver and scholar Ashley Barton, Jewher recounted her father's nightmare and her own transition from student to eloquent advocate for the Uyghur people. The resulting book, Jewher Ilham: A Uyghur's Fight to Free Her Father, is an intimate, exclusive portrait that U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown calls "proof that Jewher and her people will not be silenced.""Jewher Ilham's book is many things: a coming of age story about a young woman whose father knows she likes to dance, but doesn't know how good she is at it; a recent arrival to the United States finding her way at a large university; a great cook and hostess; a loyal daughter and sister. But one enduring image from this book--of the empty seat next to her on a flight out of China that should have been occupied by her father, Ilham Tohti--isn't just reminiscent of the empty seat for Liu Xiaobo at the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. It is a powerful reminder of the lengths Beijing will go to to silence critics through baseless charges and torment of their families, and of her and others' thoughtful, peaceful determination to fight back against repression."--Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch