| Jewher Ilham: A Uyghur's Fight to Free Her Father Contributor(s): Ilham, Jewher (Author), Braver, Adam (Editor), Barton, Ashley (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1608011054 ISBN-13: 9781608011056 Publisher: University of New Orleans Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - Political Science | World - Asian |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2015005230 |
| Series: Broken Silence |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Toti, 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." |