Uyghur Poet, Writer, and Filmmaker
A piece of my fleshtorn away.A piece of my bonebroken off.A piece of my soulremade.A piece of my thoughtset free. In her thin handsthe lines of time grow long.In her black eyesfloat the truths of stone tablets.Round her slender necka dusky hair lies knotted.On her dark skinthe map of fruit is drawn. Sheis a raindrop… Continue reading
By Barbara Demick In his memoir, “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night,” the poet Tahir Hamut Izgil evokes the fear and danger of daily life for a Chinese ethnic minority that has been the target of a brutal crackdown. Real the full article at nytimes.com
Through the mediums of memoir and poetry, Uyghur poet and memoirist Tahir Hamut Izgil and Iraqi American poet Dunya Mikhail challenge dominant political narratives and preserve stories of displacement, exile and perseverance. In his memoir, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night, Izgil documents the Chinese government’s persecution of the Uyghur people and his time in a labor camp. In Mikhail’s… Continue reading
Tahir Hamut Izgil is a foremost contemporary Uyghur poet, filmmaker, and writer, originally from Kashgar, the cultural heart of the Uyghur homeland. After earning his degree from Minzu University of China in Beijing, he became a prominent film director in the region. He also contributed significantly to Uyghur literature through his published poetry collections, literary critiques, and translations… Continue reading
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