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

Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2007] ©2007

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Description x, 72 pages ; 21 cm 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Translated from more than one language Subject Prisoners' writings, Arabic -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base -- Translations into English. Prisoners' writings, Pushto -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base -- Translations into English. Arabic poetry -- Translations into English. Pushto poetry -- Translations into English. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Poetry. SUBJECT Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84038876 -- Poetry. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001678 Genre/Form Poetry. Author Falkoff, Marc. LC no. 2007007345 ISBN 9781587296062 1587296063

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