Mukaddas Mijit
is an ethnomusicologist, filmmaker and artist. Originally from Urumchi, the capital of the Uyghur autonomous region, Mijit obtained her PhD in 2015 from the University of Paris-Nanterre. In her research and artistic practice, she often works with the Uyghur diaspora to raise awareness of the current crisis in the Uyghur region. She is a researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where she is looking at the artistic response of the Uyghur diaspora to the humanitarian crisis in the Uyghur Autonomous Region. Being involved in the Remote Ethnography of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region project, she develops innovative research methodologies. As scriptwriter and director, Mijit released the film Nikah (2023), which explores the challenges faced by Uyghur women caught between traditional social pressures and political repression in the Uyghur Region.