{"id":209,"date":"2020-02-24T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=209"},"modified":"2023-04-01T13:18:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T13:18:43","slug":"dragon-fighter-one-womans-epic-struggle-for-peace-with-china-rafto-peace-prize-laureate-rebiya-kadeer-with-alexandra-cavelius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Fighter:  One Woman&#8217;s Epic Struggle For Peace With China <br> <br> Rafto Peace Prize Laureate Rebiya Kadeerwith Alexandra Cavelius<br>Introduction by The Dalai Lama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Dragon Fighter:<br>One Woman\u2019s Epic Struggle For Peace With China<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rafto Peace Prize Laureate Rebiya Kadeer<br>with Alexandra Cavelius<br>Introduction by The Dalai Lama<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Remarkable life<\/em><br>\u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thrilling<\/em><br>\u2014The Washington Post<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Extremely important<\/em><br>\u2014The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Breathing fire<\/em><br>\u2014The Economist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hard-won wisdom<\/em><br>\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the ancient Silk Road where Europe, Asia, and Russia converge stands the six-thousand-year-old homeland of a peaceful ethnic minority, the Uyghurs. Their culture is filled with music, dance, family, and a love of tradition passed down through the ages. Today there are approximately twenty million Uyghurs worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This remarkable autobiography traces the life of their transcendent leader Rebiya Kadeer from her humble beginnings to her position as an indomitable world figure struggling for Uyghur human rights in the face of the communist domination of The People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebiya Kadeer is past president of the World Uyghur Congress and the Uyghur American Association. 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