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“Reporting on the Uyghurs in Syria was a complicated and enormously sensitive task.”
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“But the Syrian Uyghurs have a controversial legacy in China and in Syria.”
“Some of them were clearly Uyghur.”
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“I am Chinese American and spent nearly eight years living in Beijing.”
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“We were warmly welcomed by the community, which is historically very closed off to outsiders.”
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“The other question I was left contemplating is the perverse power of trauma.”
“The reporting raised bigger questions than I had anticipated when I began trip planning.”
“I hope that readers of this book remember the winding, unexpected path the Uyghurs I wrote about took to get to Syria.”
“While, in Syria, the Uyghurs scare minority communities and their presence as foreign fighters remains a touchy subject for Syrians.”
“The time I spent in Syria became an integral part of my book, Our Hearts Burned for Home .”
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“Then there is the issue of my own identity and how I present to the Uyghurs.”
“It was therefore more important than ever to interview not just the Uyghurs themselves but also the people they lived and fought alongside in Syria.”
“Prior to that she was an international correspondent, covering China, Taiwan and beyond.”
“While I was reporting on-the-ground in Syria, I noticed the presence of foreign fighters, particularly Central Asian ones.”