Mukaddas Mijit

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Mukaddas Mijit is a Uyghur artist and ethnomusicologist based in France, known for her documentary films about Uyghur culture. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Mukaddas was born in 1982 in Ürümqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. [3] She studied classical piano and dance at the Ürümqi Institute of Arts, and in 2003 moved to Paris to study ethnomusicology at the University of Paris-Ouest Nanterre. [3]

Career

Mijit co-directed the 2024 film Nikah with Bastien Ehouzan, set in Xinjiang in 2017, the fictional film follows a young woman experience Chinese government surveillance and detention of her community members. [4] [5] The film was positively received by critics, who cited its depiction of Uyghur culture as "both alive and vulnerable", and the subsequent "shattering" of the culture. [6] [7] [8]

2025 censorship by China

In July 2025, Mijit's work was featured in the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) exhibit "Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the Global Machinery of Authoritarian Solidarity". [9] Following a visit to the exhibit by officials from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok, Mijit's name, along with the names of Hong Kong artists Clara Cheung and Gun Cheng Yee Man from Hong Kong, Tibetan artist Doc Tenzin, were blacked out. [9] [10] [11]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Uyghur Visions: Two Films by Mukaddas Mijit". Center for Transpacific Studies. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  2. ↑ "Opinion | China Disappeared My Professor. It Can't Silence His Poetry. (Published 2020)". 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  3. 1 2 "Mukaddas Mijit – thonmi.eu" . Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  4. 1 2 "ChinaFile Presents: 'Nikah,' a Film Screening and Discussion". ChinaFile. 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  5. ↑ "Harvard IAAS Film Screening and Discussion: Nikah ("The Wedding") (at Harvard, Oct. 22, 2024) | Center for the Study of Asia". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  6. ↑ Byler, Darren (2023-09-07). "'Nikah': An astonishing portrait of Uyghur life on the edge of erasure". The China Project. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  7. ↑ Enicola, Paul (2024-11-20). "Reel Asian 2024: 'Nikah' Portrays Uyghur Communal Life in the Shadow of Persecution". The Asian Cut. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  8. ↑ Claude, Jean (2024-05-19). "Film Review: Nikah (2022) by Mukkadas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  9. 1 2 Farfan, Isa (2025-08-08). "Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After "Pressure" From China". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  10. ↑ "Bangkok Art & Culture Centre censors works following visit from Chinese officials". artreview.com. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  11. ↑ "Because I don't Want Thailand to become a Chinese Vassal State, I Must Record This: Chinese Embassy Censoring BACC Art Exhibition in Bangkok". 2025-08-10. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
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