For an exiled poet, an apricot tree in London is a way of remembering his father and his youth in East Turkestan (Ch. Xinjiang).
Aziz Isa Elkun
A Uyghur Poet Reminds Us that Uyghurs Are Seeking Justice from the World
After the Urumqi fire, it is time for the international community to stop the genocide. Perhaps a poem may help.
Aziz Isa Elkun
Aziz Isa Elkun was born in East Turkistan (Uyghur Autonomous Region, China). He spent his childhood in Shahyar county, which is located close to the Tarim River on the northern edge of the world’s second largest desert, the Taklamakan Desert.He graduated from Xinjiang University majoring in Chinese and Russian languages. He has been living in London since 2001. He studied at Birkbeck University in London. He has published many poems, stories, and research articles in both Uyghur language and English. In 2012, he published his first book “Journey from Danube River to the Orkhun Valley” in Uyghur language. He is a research affiliate at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.