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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.

NYT Review:A Uyghur’s Lament for a Persecuted People

Posted on January 9, 2026January 21, 2026 by admin

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

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