My Uyghur Friend, Where Are You?

One morning, I finally found where my missing friend was. His name appeared to me, like a bullet in the chest, in a document titled “List of Uyghur intellectuals imprisoned in China."

by Fadi Zatari

Nearly a decade ago, while pursuing my Master’s degree at the University of Frankfurt in Germany, I became accustomed to spending most of my time in the library; I inhabited it from the early morning until late at night. While tiring, my extended time there afforded me the good fortune of coming across and getting to know one of the bright…