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Kaiser Mejit

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This photo of an old Uyghur man wearing a Tumaq, which means a fur hat, is a cultural accessory that Uyghur people wear. There are  many injustices being done to these Uyghur people and we must speak up against the oppression.

Op-ed: Oppression impacts everyone negatively

Kaiser Mejit, contributor
May 17, 2022

When I was working at Snell Library as an international graduate student in 1998, I came across a magazine cover photo by chance. Laid across the cover stood a handsome but sad-looking, old Uyghur man...

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People must combat racism around the world.

Op-ed: We must oppose racism everywhere

Kaiser Mejit, contributor
May 16, 2021

On a brisk morning 20 years ago, I was walking home to my house in Lower Roxbury. The date was Sept. 11, 2001.  As soon as I entered my house’s front door, my landline phone rang. It was one of my...

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The Uyghurs, native to the Xinjiang Region in Northwestern China, are facing unprecedented persecution from the Chinese Communist Party.

Op-ed: This holiday season, I remember the plights of my native Uyghur people

Kaiser Mejit, contributor
December 11, 2020

I spent this Thanksgiving at home, responding to holiday greetings from my friends and reflecting after I read this op-ed detailing how poetry is keeping my native Uyghur culture alive. On one hand,...

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A child feeds doves in Kashgar, a historic city in the Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Op-ed: Northeastern’s first Uyghur student denounces China’s mistreatment of his people

Kaiser Mejit, contributor
July 3, 2020

I moved to Boston from Urumqi, the so-called capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, in late 1997. I arrived in the United States as the first Uyghur student at Northeastern University. As the...

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