Imran Kashgar Sada’i was born in 2000 in Yopurgha County, in the Kashgar District of East Turkestan. He began his education in Urumchi, the capital city of East Turkestan, but in 2016 had to leave his homeland and settle in Turkey. He writes poetry in both Uyghur and Turkish; his work has been translated into English, Chinese, and Japanese.