The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture
Marian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir by former prisoner Mansoor Adayfi.
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Interview: Maria Armoudian on “Lawyers Without Borders”
Mischa Geracoulis interviews political historian Maria Armoudian about her newest book, Lawyers Beyond Borders, Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts.
Guantánamo Voices: True Accounts From the World’s Most Infamous Prison
Excerpt from Guantánamo Voices: True Accounts From the World’s Most Infamous Prison A graphic novel, edited by Sarah Mirk, with an introduction by Omar El Akkad Abrams ComicArts (June 2020)… Continue reading Guantánamo Voices: True Accounts From the World’s Most Infamous Prison
Gitmo and Abu Ghraib, Infamous Symbols of US Human Rights Violations
Lawyers Beyond Borders, Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts By Maria Armoudian University of Michigan Press (Sept 2021) ISBN 9780472132560 Mischa Geracoulis “The human rights cases… Continue reading Gitmo and Abu Ghraib, Infamous Symbols of US Human Rights Violations
Torture Is the Nasty Center of the 9/11 Case at Guantánamo
In our centerpiece this month, Lisa Hajjar takes us inside the war on terror and the dystopia that is Guantánamo.
Two Poems for Truth by Ammiel Alcalay
Two new poems by Ammiel Alcalay, "Kashoggi or Kashog-ji?" and "Translation Theory", explore versions of the truth.