New Book Release:
𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬: 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐲𝐠𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚
A powerful anthology of 25 imprisoned #Uyghur poets, translated by #AzizIsaElkun, available now from Hertfordshire Press.
www.azizisa.org/en/imprisoned-souls

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Preserving Uyghur Language, Culture & Identity in the Diaspora

Join us for a special talk by Dr. Erkin Sidick, former NASA engineer & President of the Uyghur Projects Foundation (US). #ErkinSidick

🗓 Sunday, 19 Oct 2025 | 🕒 3–5 PM at SOAS

#Uyghur #Culture #Language

𝐔𝐲𝐠𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐳𝐢𝐳 𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝐄𝐥𝐤𝐮𝐧

In this episode, we discuss the impact of Uyghur poetry, the poets who have most influenced him, and how poetry continues to play a vital role in resisting and raising awareness of the Uyghur genocide.

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"This book gave me the opportunity to hear from the Uyghur people themselves. It is a treasury of history, poetry, culture, and human experience expressed in a variety of forms and symbols that speak to the richness of their tradition." S. Hasbrouck

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Uyghur Poems by Various Poets

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Maqām Beyond Nation explores a field of music-making that stretches from North Africa to Central Asia; a set of historically fluid and inter-connected creative practices which were transformed under 20th century nationalisms into fixed repertoires.
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Sharing some of the activities going on around our research project Maqām beyond Nation www.maqamproject.uk/category/eve...