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Samawar Dance Performance In Urumqi - China

Ahmat Mollaq performs the Samawar dance in the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 4, 2025. In the Qiuci Alley of Kuqa City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Parhat Emin performs the Samawar (a Uygur term meaning "tea set") dance, a traditional Uygur greeting dance with a history dating back to the millennium-old ancient Qiuci State. His eyes shine brightly, and his smile is warm and welcoming. With a bronze pot and porcelain bowls balanced steadily on a plate over his head, his body spins smoothly, and his feet move as lightly as the wind. As he dances gracefully to the rhythm of traditional Uygur music, the surrounding audience burst into cheers from time to time. Kuqa, where the ancient Qiuci State was mainly located, was a vital hub along the ancient Silk Road, bustling with merchants and the tinkle of camel bells. Today the Qiuci Alley is a popular tourist destination in Kuqa. From noon till midnight every day, dances including the Samawar

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CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-FACILITY AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240410) -- AKSU, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Miharegul Ahmat (L) promotes her vegetable seedlings at a bazaar in Kizil Town of Wensu County in Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 25, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Greenhouse seedbed breeds fortune in Xinjiang" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-FACILITY AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240410) -- AKSU, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Miharegul Ahmat checks on the growth of the seedlings at a vegetable base in Aykol Town of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 22, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Greenhouse seedbed breeds fortune in Xinjiang" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-FACILITY AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240410) -- AKSU, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Miharegul Ahmat works at a vegetable base in Aykol Town of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 24, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Greenhouse seedbed breeds fortune in Xinjiang" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-FACILITY AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240410) -- AKSU, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Miharegul Ahmat displays vegetable seedlings at a vegetable base in Aykol Town of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 24, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Greenhouse seedbed breeds fortune in Xinjiang" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-FACILITY AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240410) -- AKSU, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Miharegul Ahmat monitors spraying equipment to water seedlings at a vegetable base in Aykol Town of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 24, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Greenhouse seedbed breeds fortune in Xinjiang" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-FACILITY AGRICULTURE (CN)

(240410) -- AKSU, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Miharegul Ahmat (L) promotes her vegetable seedlings to a client at a vegetable base in Aykol Town of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 24, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Greenhouse seedbed breeds fortune in Xinjiang" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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Bachu County in China's Xinjiang sends supplies to aid Shanghai in battle against COVID-19

STORY: Bachu County in China's Xinjiang sends supplies to aid Shanghai in battle against COVID-19 DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of trucks leaving for Shanghai 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): RABIGUL AHMAT, Workshop director, local agricultural company 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG WEIMIN, Official with Bureau of industry and information technology in Bachu County STORYLINE: Two trucks, loading 2 million medical masks and various other supplies, left Bachu County in northwest China's Xinjiang on Wednesday for east China's metropolis Shanghai. Shanghai, with a population of 25 million, has now become a major battleground against COVID-19. In order to send aids to Shanghai as soon as possible, many enterprises in Bachu County had worked day and night to produce necessary supplies. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): RABIGUL AHMAT, Workshop director, Local agricultural company "People of all ethnic groups in Bachu County are concerned about th

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Five Fingers (2006)

Said Taghmaoui & Laurence Fishburne Characters: Dark Eyes & Ahmat Film: Five Fingers (2006) Director: Richard Loncraine 10 February 2006 Date: 10 February 2006

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Five Fingers (2006)

Laurence Fishburne Characters: Ahmat Film: Five Fingers (2006) Director: Richard Loncraine 10 February 2006 Date: 10 February 2006

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Five Fingers (2006)

Laurence Fishburne Characters: Ahmat Film: Five Fingers (2006) Director: Richard Loncraine 10 February 2006 Date: 10 February 2006

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Five Fingers (2006)

Laurence Fishburne & Ryan Phillippe Characters: Ahmat & Martijn Film: Five Fingers (2006) Director: Richard Loncraine 10 February 2006 Date: 10 February 2006

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Palau Uyghurs

KOROR, Palau - Ahmat Abdulahad, 41, one of the six Uyghurs moved to Palau in Nov. 2009 from Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba talks to Kyodo News in their first residence in this island nation on March 10, 2012. The Uyghurs, who were released after being found to be non-combatants by the United States government but refused to return to their home province in China for fear of persecution, are urging the U.S. to fulfill soon its promise of finding them a permanent country of residence. (Kyodo)