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A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER
WOMEN'S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION 2023 Great Group Read
This extraordinary memoir shares an insight into the lives of the Uyghurs, a people and culture being systematically destroyed by China--and a woman who gave up everything to help her people.
In February 2018, twenty-four members of Gulchehra Hoja's family disappeared overnight. Her crime - and thus that of her family - was her award-winning investigations on the plight of her people, the Uyghurs, whose existence and culture is being systematically destroyed by the Chinese government.A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs is Gulchehra's stunning memoir, taking us into the everyday world of life under Chinese rule in East Turkestan (more formally known as the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China), from her idyllic childhood to its modern nightmare. The grandchild of a renowned musician and the daughter of an esteemed archaeologist, Gulchehra grew up with her people's culture and history running through her veins. She showed her gifts early on as a dancer, actress, and storyteller, putting her on a path to success as a major television star. Slowly though, she began to understand what China was doing to her people, as well as her own complicity as a journalist. As her rising fame and growing political awakening coincided, she made it her mission to expose the crimes Beijing is committing in the far reaches of its nation, no matter the cost.
Reveling in the beauty of East Turkestan and its people - its music, its culture, its heritage, and above all its emphasis on community and family - this groundbreaking memoir gives us a glimpse beyond what the Chinese state wants us to see, showcasing a woman who was willing to risk not just her own life, but also that of everyone she loves, to expose her people's story to the world.
Book Details
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Publish Date: Feb 21st, 2023
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.20in - 6.30in - 1.30in - 1.15lb
- EAN: 9780306828843
- Categories: • Asian & Asian American• Genocide & War Crimes• Asia - China
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About the Author
Gulchehra Hoja is a Uyghur journalist based in the United States. Her reporting on the situation in East Turkestan (commonly known as the Xinjiang Autonomous Province) for Radio Free Asia - which led to the incarceration of her entire extended family - has been widely recognized in the US and Europe. She has earned honors such as the 2019 Magnitsky Human Rights Award; the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation in 2020; recognition as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world every year since 2016; and multiple appearances at the Oslo Freedom Forum since 2020. She has been profiled for The Washington Post and The Financial Times, among many other publications.
What people are saying
Josh Chin is a journalist and author.
Looking forward to @GulchehraHoja's new book, out this month. Gulchera was on the bleeding edge of reporting about the rise of the surveillance state in Xinjiang (especially impressive given she was in the U.S.). Her personal story is equally remarkable https://t.co/iQFYsGcwMp
John Phipps is a journalist.
I have a piece in The Times today about the Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja’s memoir, A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs, which is an important landmark in the (young) history of Uyghur lives told in English: https://t.co/gijuycdHnX
Followers of Jesus working for peace with our neighbors and for the good of our communities.
June 10, we're hosting an online conversation with Gulchehra Hoja, a Uyghur–American journalist who'll be talking with us about her recent book, "A Stone is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival." https://t.co/j5cLYt4UbL #Uyghur #Uyghurs https://t.co/WaorlNyuII
Praise for this book
Hoja's memoir is not a memoir of the camps, but of her extraordinary life, which takes in the past 50 years of Xinjiang's history. A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs makes this fascinating history, once the reserve of experts and specialists, more accessible than ever before. ... One admires, albeit from a distance, a woman who takes on those odds again and again."
--The Times UK"Hoja's entire story is worth reading on a number of levels. ... As the Uyghur holocaust continues, A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs should be required reading not only for any U.S. diplomat or official working on China but, indeed, for every U.S. diplomat, congressional aide, and flag officer, not only for what it teaches about the Uyghurs but, as importantly, for how it demonstrates the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of America's most powerful competitor today."
--Michael Rubin, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteWhat people are saying
Josh Chin is a journalist and author.
Looking forward to @GulchehraHoja's new book, out this month. Gulchera was on the bleeding edge of reporting about the rise of the surveillance state in Xinjiang (especially impressive given she was in the U.S.). Her personal story is equally remarkable https://t.co/iQFYsGcwMp
John Phipps is a journalist.
I have a piece in The Times today about the Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja’s memoir, A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs, which is an important landmark in the (young) history of Uyghur lives told in English: https://t.co/gijuycdHnX