Worse than Death Worse than Death Reflections on the Uyghur Genocide Mamtimin Ala HamiltonBooks Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•Toronto• London PublishedbyHamiltonBooks AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 HamiltonBooksAcquisitionsDepartment(301)459-3366 6TinworthStreet,LondonSE115AL,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2021byTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybeproducedinanyformorbyanyelectronic means,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems,withoutwrittenpermission fromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquotepassagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2020947724 ISBN978-0-7618-7229-0(pbk.:alk.paper) ISBN978-0-7618-7230-6(electronic) TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. Tomyparentsandsiblings,towhomIhavenoaccessinanypossible way,andtothemillionsofUyghursinsimilarcircumstances. Contents Foreword ix 1 WhyDoIWritethisBook? 1 2 FromObliviontoExposure 13 3 FourModalitiesofBeingUyghur 23 4 TheCreationofaCultureofKilling 37 5 BreakYourGenerations,BreakYourRoots 59 6 Two-FacednessandIdeologicalViruses 75 7 MoralityofGenocide 83 8 WorldasaBystander 99 9 BeyondDeathandDestruction 111 Bibliography 121 Index 125 AbouttheAuthor 131 vii