Poems from Guantánamo

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Language English Pages 84 pp Author Marc Falkoff Country United States of America		Publication date 2007 Originally published 2007 Publisher University of Iowa Press

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Poems from Guantanamo is a collection of 22 poems by 17 Guantanamo detainees published by Marc Falkoff, a US professor of law with a doctorate in American literature.

They Fight for Peace, Shaker Aamer

O Prison Darkness, Abdulaziz

I Shall Not Complain, Abdulaziz

To My Father, Abdullah Thani Faris al Anazi

Lions in the Cage, Ustad Badruzzaman Badr

Homeward Bound, Moazzam Begg

Death Poem, Jumah al Dossari

They Cannot Help, Shakih Abdurraheem Muslim Dost

Cup Poem 1, Shakih Abdurraheem Muslim Dost

Cup Poem 2, Shakih Abdurraheem Muslim Dost

Two Fragments, Shakih 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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