Dear Abliz (ئابلىز)

Dear Abliz (ئابلىز)

• When I use Grindr in the Netherlands, I use a made-up name: Abliz. a Central Asian name, also used in China by the Uyghurs.
• My DNA report shows my Central Asian roots. This is not allowed to be shown in China’s DNA reports, which are all modified to northern Han Chinese. Muslims are strongly persecuted and monitored by the Chinese Communist Party and are called terrorists.
• Direct territorial succession between the People's Republic of China and the Qing Empire ( Manchurian colonial invasion of Inner Asia, a territory inherited by China )
• against Diaspora, post-loyalist
• fictionalize a Central Asian character "Abliz”
• where: Onlyfans, and Real Space Installation

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steppe, empty

huge proliferation of coffee shops

a version of the Korean capital, albeit with completely different [Eastern European style] architecture, more spacious city planning, and a lot less people.

apple (Almaty's most important symbol. I can think of a couple of works on apples produced by Xiao Zhang (https://zhangxiaoart.com/)

not look at everything through a Soviet lens

a pedestrianised zone with a seemigly brand new shopping centre, loads of restaurants, and a cinema. Here it was mostly American fast food chains (KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Wendy’s), Turkish shops and restaurants (LC Waikiki, Basha - or something like Basha), and one British shop (the saddest looking Marks & Spencer ever).

The Kazakh language is dying out. Russian is becoming the lingua franca. But the Kazakh language is trying to change back to Latin writing. To face the world instead of Russia.

малыш

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