Freedom

Woodcut image of a male prisoner behind bars on wove paper

"The Prisoner (Der Gefangene), 1918" by Christian Rohlfs (artist) German, 1849 - 1938 in the Gift of Jacob Kainen Collection in the National Gallery of Art

A Censored Poem

By Carol Sansour

In this short and sharp poem, writer and filmmaker Carol Sansour pays homage to Palestinian political prisoners.

Translated from Arabic by Katharine Halls

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An overhead shot of an empty brick elevator shaft

Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

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By Iryna Shuvalova

I want to speak like a woman who burns a pile of old paper in the street / and the flame dances but you can’t see her face

Translated from Ukrainian by Uilleam Blacker

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Freedom

A Censored Poem

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