Indomitable! Immigrants’ Stories of Perseverance and Resilience tells the stories of 32 current immigrants to America from all over the world. In this blog, I will be highlighting parts of all the stories to show the hardships, successes, and amazing wisdom of the people in the book. Click on the Store button on this website to purchase Indomitable!

Memet’s life changed relatively quickly. For fifteen years he was a respected university professor, supporting his extended family well. Then the political climate changed. His nights became sleepless, racked with fear that the secret police would take him away in the middle of the night with his wife and children screaming in terror. He faced a decision that only the persecuted might face. Should he try to escape with his immediate family and leave his extended family, his career, and his life behind…or should he take a chance that he might or might not be “disappeared”? Looking back, Memet said, “I knew things were bad, but I never expected how bad it would get so quickly.” Jews living in the early years of Nazi Germany had expressed those same thoughts...

Memet is a Uyghur who grew up in East Turkistan in China. The Uyghurs are a horribly persecuted minority group in China. Read his story and see his journey, and learn about what is happening today, right now, to the Uyghur community and culture in China.