Oct 8, 2009 1:34 PM

Rebiya Kadeer, Chinese capitalist mogul and mother of 11

"Dressed in traditional Uyghur clothing and with her hair in braids, the energetic and animated 62-year-old grandmother did not look the part of a 'terrorist.'"

http://www.rferl.org/content/Uyghur_Leader_Entire_TurkicSpeaking_World_Rallied_To_Support_Us/1824878.html

*Definitely one of the weirder ethnic-breakaway figures loose on the global landscape lately.

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