By Tahir Imin Uyghurian A Tradition of Knowledge and Faith There has been a respected tradition among educated and culturally rooted Uyghurs to give books as gifts, especially when someone sets out on a journey. I personally witnessed this practice in both the southern and northern parts of the Uyghur […]
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News about Uyghur writers, Uyghur literature, Uyghur books, Uyghur poets, Uyghur stories, Uyghur novels, Kutadgu Bilig, Perhat Tursun, Tahir Hamut, Abdurehim Ötkür, Ana Yurt, Zordun Sabir, Abduqadir Jalalidin, Aziz Isa Elkun, Memtimin Hoshur, Halide Israfil, Ehtem Omer, and Nurmuhemmet Yasin.
By Orqun, May 3, 2025 Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil received Sweden’s poetry award, the Cikada Prize, at the Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. on April 24. Tahir Hamut Izgil posted on social media: “Today I received Sweden’s poetry award, the Cikada Prize, at the Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. […]
With wide-ranging support from within the Library and from campus partners, Princeton University Library (PUL) has acquired the Aziz Isa Elkun collection of Uyghur literature, culture, language, and history, thereby preserving an important part of the Uyghur people’s written cultural heritage for future generations. The acquisition makes PUL home to […]
Uyghur Academy, an Istanbul-based educational group, announced on May 30 that it has published the five-part “Uyghur Language and Literature Textbook Series” designed for Uyghur youth in Istanbul. The group stated, “These textbooks are the first systematically produced, complete five-year textbook materials for primary school students, prepared with the efforts […]
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China’s crackdown in Xinjiang has put Uighur poetry on the verge of extinction, leaving writers fighting to keep the tradition alive To read this article, Please visit the Guardian
Uyghur poems, a collection of newly translated poems, will be published.
The hall of the Science and Culture Foundation in the Sefaköy district of Istanbul, where many Uyghurs live in Turkey, is occasionally reserved for activities for Uyghur women. In the past month, activities of different women’s groups on various topics took place there.
A collection titled “Uyghur Poems”, translated by Mr. Aziz Isa Elkun, a Uyghur poet and literary translator in England, is ready for publication by Penguin Publishing House in the UK, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition reports.
World Uyghur Writers Union, East Turkistan Foundation, World Uyghur Congress Foundation, and Humayana Turkic World Women’s Union held a ceremony in Istanbul to honor Poet and Professor Sultan Mahmud Kashigi.