In Transit

A Uyghur Restaurant in D.C. Weathers the Pandemic

Why Dolan Uyghur opted to stay open amid the lockdown

Mayukh Sen
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6 min readOct 5, 2020

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Uyghur cuisine served on an overlay of a map of the region.
Illustrations: Bea Hayward

Welcome to In Transit, a column from the writer Mayukh Sen focusing on how immigrant-owned restaurants across America are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the first installment, on Guelaguetza in Los Angeles, here.

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Mayukh Sen
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Mayukh Sen is a writer in New York. He has won James Beard and IACP Awards for his work. His first book will be published by W.W. Norton & Company in Fall 2021.