“Like Elie Wiesel or Primo Levi, Abduweli Ayup analyzes as he describes the indescribable, and calmly devastates us.”

James Millward, Professor of Inter-societal History
at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

“Abduweli Ayup has been a vital figure in keeping the Uyghur language and culture alive despite the relentless efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to eradicate both. This taut and moving memoir shows the terrible price he has paid, but also his triumph in escaping China to keep the Uyghur struggle strong and his own family safe.”

Nury Turkel, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and author of “No Escape” 

BLACK LAND
Abduweli Ayup
with an introduction by
Raffi Khatchadourian