Who is Dawut Obulqasim
Dawut Obulqasim is a Uyghur writer, translator, and researcher. In February 2018, he and his wife, Reyhangül Memet, were taken from their home in Hami… Read More »Who is Dawut Obulqasim
Writers
Who is Abdulla Sulayman
Abdulla Sulayman is a Uyghur poet and literary scholar. He was born in April 1952 in Chira County, Hotan Prefecture. He graduated from the Department… Read More »Who is Abdulla Sulayman
Who is Setiwaldi Kerim
Setiwaldi Kerim was born on June 1, 1970, in Üstün Atush Township, Atush City, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In 1993, he graduated from… Read More »Who is Setiwaldi Kerim
Who is Tursun Mehmut
Tursun Mehmut is a creative and prolific Uyghur writer. He got arrested in February 2018 and sentenced to 11 years at the end of the… Read More »Who is Tursun Mehmut
Who is Tursunjan Muhemmet
Tursunjan Muhemmet was born February 18, 1965, in Chira County, Hotan Prefecture. He got sentenced 18 years in prison in 2020. He is serving his… Read More »Who is Tursunjan Muhemmet
Who is Rehim Yasin Qaynami
Rehim Yasin Qaynami is one of the poets who has been forcibly disappeared since 2017. It is unknown what sentence he has received or in… Read More »Who is Rehim Yasin Qaynami
Who is Zakirjan Mijit (Siddiq)
Zakirjan Mijit (Siddiq) was born in November 1976 in Shoruk village, Atush. In 1993, he was admitted to the Faculty of Mathematics at Shihezi University.… Read More »Who is Zakirjan Mijit (Siddiq)
Who is Ablimit Turdi
Ablimit Turdi (Uyghur: ئابلىمىت تۇردى; ULY: Ablimit Turdi; b. 1 May 1969, Meshhet village, Atush) is a Uyghur poet, journalist, writer, and social activist. He… Read More »Who is Ablimit Turdi
A Song That Has Troubled China Again
By Abduweli Ayup A Uyghur song—filled with love, despair, and quiet rage—continues to circulate widely among Uyghurs in the diaspora. However, it triggered China’s nerves… Read More »A Song That Has Troubled China Again
Who is Ghalip Barat Erk
Biography Ghalip Barat Erk (Uyghur: غالىپ بارات ئەرك) was born in August 1968 into a farming family in the Turpan Neighborhood of Utam village, Charqiliq… Read More »Who is Ghalip Barat Erk
Who is Ghojimuhemmet Muhemmet
Biography Ghojimuhemmet Muhemmet (Uyghur: غوجىمۇھەممەت مۇھەممەت) was born on September 27, 1971, in Guma County, Hoten Prefecture. He completed his studies at Kashgar Teachers’ College… Read More »Who is Ghojimuhemmet Muhemmet
Who is Qasim Sidiq
Qasim Sidiq: A Poet Silenced for His Words Qasim Sidiq (Uyghur: قاسىم سىدىق), a Uyghur poet, educator, and songwriter, was born in Ghulja (Yining) in… Read More »Who is Qasim Sidiq
