{"product_id":"waiting-to-be-arrested-at-night-a-uyghur-poets-memoir-of-chinas-genocide","title":"Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTahir Hamut Izgil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781529922752\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40106330488867,"sku":"9781529922752","price":24.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_3368_ebb51ef5-f847-4859-a0db-1dd2d593f8bd.jpg?v=1748854798","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/waiting-to-be-arrested-at-night-a-uyghur-poets-memoir-of-chinas-genocide","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}