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Tahir Hamut Izgil

    Tahir Hamut is recognized as one of the foremost modernist poets writing in Uyghur. His work is characterized by a deep exploration of identity and cultural heritage. Hamut's style is notable for its lyrical power and metaphorical richness, drawing readers into complex emotions and thoughts. His poetry has appeared in various literary journals and translations, earning international acclaim.

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    In Erwartung meiner nächtlichen Verhaftung
    Waiting to Be Arrested at Night
    • A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history 'Essential reading' AI WEIWEI 'Deeply courageous' PHILIPPE SANDS 'Exceptionally powerful' JULIA LOVELL If you took an Uber in Washington DC a few years ago, there's a chance your driver was one of the greatest living Uyghur poets, and one of only a handful from his minority Muslim community to escape the genocide being visited upon his homeland in western China. A successful filmmaker, innovative poet and prominent intellectual, Tahir Hamut Izgil had long been acquainted with state surveillance and violence, having spent three years in a labour camp on fabricated charges. But in 2017, the Chinese government's repression of its Uyghur citizens assumed a terrifying new intensity: critics were silenced; conversations became hushed; passports were confiscated; and Uyghurs were forced to provide DNA samples and biometric data. As Izgil's friends disappeared one by one, it became clear that fleeing the country was his family's only hope. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night charts the ongoing destruction of a community and a way of life. It is a call for the world to awaken to a humanitarian catastrophe, an unforgettable story of courage, escape and survival, and a moving tribute to Izgil's friends and fellow Uyghurs whose voices have been silenced.

      Waiting to Be Arrested at Night
    • „Eine essentielle Lektüre“ (Ai Weiwei) über eine der systematischsten Menschenrechtsverletzungen unserer Zeit: die Unterdrückung der Uiguren Tahir Hamut Izgils Freunde verschwanden, einer nach dem anderen. Seit Jahrzehnten werden die Uiguren in China verfolgt, Hunderttausende sind in Lagern interniert, die ersten Staaten sprechen von Völkermord. Izgil schaffte mit seiner Familie das Unmögliche – als erstem führendem Intellektuellen und Schriftsteller gelang es ihm 2017, das Land zu verlassen. In Erwartung meiner nächtlichen Verhaftung ist das bewegende Zeugnis von Haft, Hoffnung und Flucht. Schonungslos und voller Zartheit schreibt Izgil über die uigurische Kultur und das vibrierende Leben in Urumtschi und Kaschgar, über die Zerstörung seiner Heimat und die Macht von Kunst in einer Welt ohne Ausweg. Eine einzigartige literarische Stimme, die auch für all jene spricht, die von der chinesischen Regierung zum Schweigen gebracht wurden.

      In Erwartung meiner nächtlichen Verhaftung