Tag: Almaty Meshrep

The Thirty Boys (Ottuz Oghul Meshrep) Full Film. Produced by Uyghur Meshrep Project. The Thirty Boys (Ottuz Oghul Meshrep) 2022. An ethnographic film, directed by Mukaddas Mijit. Uyghurs in Kazakhstan occupy an uneasy space, one eye towards the growing ethnic nationalism of their host country, one eye towards China’s ongoing policies of securitisation, incarceration and

Rachel HarrisAugust 2020, Kazakhstan The Almaty meshrep has played the leading role in the meshrep revival in Kazakhstan over the past decade. It began in 2009, led by Meshrep Beg Burhan Tajidinov, based on models of meshrep from the Uyghur homeland. It serves as a model for other meshrep groups in Kazakhstan. Burhan is invited by new groups to