‘Nikah’: Uyghur Suppression Under the CCP

Two sisters want to marry within their own traditions but face serious consequences.

Dilber (Guzalnur Uchqun), in “Nikah.” Icarus Films

NR | 56m | Drama | 2023

Prior to 2017, an older Uyghur sister like Dilber would likely face social embarrassment if her younger sister married before she did. Starting that year, such spinsterhood became much more perilous, because more and more unwed Uyghur women were forced to marry ethnic Han Chinese.