Poems by Guantanamo detainees

Published by the University of Iowa Press

Leanne Hansonfrom Just west of the lounge room
Associate, 3708 posts

on June 22 2007

An interesting idea for a project -- though I rather doubt there could be anything but political motive involved -- on the one hand, it's good for the prisoners to have a voice, on the other I'm not sure if this is great for poetry on the whole. It's kind of similar to being able to write a book just because you've survived in the Himalayas with just a Mars Bar.

Julie herselffrom Here and There
302 posts

on June 22 2007

According to the article, Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost was apparently already a poet, journalist and scholar before he was detained. He says, ""I was not unhappy for being detained because I learned a lot. I wrote from the core of my heart in Guantanamo Bay. In the outside world I could not have written such things." I'd be interested in reading his work.