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Publications
“A Prison, a Prisoner, and a Prison Guard:” An Exploration of Carcerality in the MENA Region
MENA Prison Forum, May 2024
In 1975, artist Ibrahim El-Salahi was imprisoned in Sudan’s infamous Kober (Copper) Prison after being wrongfully accused of involvement in an anti-government coup...
Where Language Fails: Art and the Prison Experience in the Middle East and North Africa
Inkstick Media, April 2024
Faraj Bayrakdar, a Syrian poet and journalist who spent almost 15 years in prison wrote in The Betrayal of Language and Silence: "At one time. An injustice occurred in which...
“Prison Everywhere is the Same”: An Interview with Artist Yassin Mohamed
Inkstick Media, May 2024
Yassin Mohamed, a Cairo-based artist, spent almost four years in Egyptian prisons for participating in political protests during the revolution. While imprisoned, Yassin produced...
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