It was an accident, or you can say, a mistake, that 19-year-old Ilham boarded the flight to the United States alone, when her father Ilham Tohti, famous economist and respected university professor was obtained at the Beijing Capital International Airport by the Chinese authorities. Living in a foreign land alone, with all her families in China, and her father in prison serving a life sentence for “separatism” charge, all she wants is to have her father back. “I dance.” She said. Only when she is dancing that she feels peaceful.
