Poems from Guantánamo the detainees speak / edited by Marc Falkoff ; preface by Flagg Miller ; afterword by Ariel Dorfman.

Other author Falkoff, Marc.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIowa City : University of Iowa Press,
Descriptionx, 72 p. ; 21 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp Poetry.
Prisoners' writings, Arabic--Cuba. --Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. --Translations into English.
Prisoners' writings, Pushto--Cuba. --Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. --Translations into English.
Arabic poetry--21st century. --Translations into English.
Pushto poetry--21st century. --Translations into English.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Poetry.

Contents They fight for peace / Shaker Abdurraheem Aamer -- O prison darkness / Abdulaziz -- I shall not complain / Abdulaziz -- To my father / Abdulla Thani Faris al-Anazi -- Lions in the cage / Ustad Badruzzaman Badr -- Homeward bound / Moazzam Begg -- Death poem / Jumah al Dossari -- They cannot help / Shaikh Abdurraheem Muslim Dost -- Cup poems 1. / Shaikh Abdurraheem Muslim Dost -- Cup poem 2 / Shaikh Abdurraheem Muslim Dost -- Two fragments / Shaikh Abdurraheem Muslim Dost -- First poem of my life / Mohammed El Gharani -- Humiliated in the shackles / Sami al Haj -- The truth / Emad Abdullah Hassan -- Is it true? / Osama Abu Kabir -- Hunger strike poem / Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif -- I am sorry, my brother / Othman Abdulraheem Mohammad -- Terrorist 2003 / Martin Mubanga -- I write my hidden longing / Abdulla Majid al Noaimi, the captive of dignity -- My heart was wounded by the strangeness / Abdulla Majid al Noaimi, the captive of dignity -- Ode to the sea / Ibrahim al Rubaish -- Even if the pain / Siddiq Turkestani.
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LCCN 2007007345
ISBN9781587296062
ISBN1587296063