Miran Mavlan, Ph.D., is an advocate of human rights, environmental enthusiast, public speaker and organic material chemist. A Uyghur born in Ghulja (East Turkistan), he came to USA at the age of 7 and was one of the very first Uyghurs to live in CA.

This week, we decided to have some fun and explore Uyghur culture by making a classic Uyghur recipe, the simple yet too-delectable-for-words meat pie known as the samsa.

On October 1st, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers, Southern Mongolians, Taiwanese, Chinese, and others held demonstrations in 90 cities throughout the world as part of the inaugural Global Day of Action against the Chinese Communist Party. In Washington, DC the Uyghur American Association performed a unique political theater action in front of the U.S. Congress to draw attention …

History and politics, in the age of mass media and flickering screens and constant streams of information captured in headlines and blurbs and carefully selected pictures, is increasingly understood aesthetically first and theoretically second.