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A Dove in Free Flight
In 2002-just after 9/11 and prior to the US invasion of Iraq-a group inspired by Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury's seminar on Arab prison literature decided to collectively translate Syrian poet Faraj Bayrakdar's collection A Dove in Free Flight. Smuggled out of prison, the poems were published in Beirut without his knowledge, as a means of publicizing the poet's plight as a political prisoner, and exerting pressure on public opinion to pay attention to his case. A French version, translated by the great Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laabi, himself a former political prisoner, followed. More than fourteen years after initial completion of the project, UpSet Press presents this extraordinary poetic, human, and historical document, featuring an introduction by editors Ammiel Alcalay and Shareah Taleghani, a preface by Elias Khoury, and a lengthy interview with the poet himself following his release on November 16, 2000, after thirteen years, seven months, and seventeen days in the Syrian carceral archipelago.
Pour Faraj Bayrakdar
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Mirrors of Absence
Mirrors of Absence taps into three under-examined subjects: issues concerning how the poet survives under tyrannical regimes; how the notion of "imprisonment" affects identity; and the concept of freedom that is so essential to every human being. -- John Mikhail Asfour
The Treasons of Silence and Language
Faraj Bayrakdar of Syria is a journalist and award-winning poet. In 1987 he was arrested on suspicion of belonging to the Party for Communist Action. In 1993 the supreme court sentenced him to fifteen years prison. Fourteen months shy of completing the fifteen year sentence, Faraj Bayrakdar was granted Amnesty. Here is the book about his experience in the political prison
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في تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2000 أطلقت السُلطات السورية سراح الشاعر فرج بيرقدار، أو «السجين رقم 13»، بعد أن قضى، في اعتقاله الثاني والأخير، أربعة عشر عاماً تنقّل خلالها بين زنازين المخابرات وسجني تدمر وصيدنايا المرعبين. خرج الشاعر إلى الحرية والضوء، لكن قصائده التي ضمّها ديوان «مرايا الغياب» بقيت حبيسة العتمة في أدراج وزارة الثقافة التي كانت قد وافقت، بعد رفض ومماطلة وتسويف، على إصدار ال...
Writers Under Siege
Spotlights the remarkable writers who will not be silenced by persecution Following the August 12 attack on author Salman Rushdie, readers everywhere realized the vulnerability — and the courage — of writers who speak truth to power. The freedom to write is under threat today throughout the world, with more than 1,000 writers, journalists, and publishers known to be imprisoned or persecuted in more than 100 countries. Writers Under Siege bears witness to the power and danger of the pen, and to the powerful longing for the right to use it without fear. Collected here are fifty contributions by writers who have paid dearly for the privilege of writing. Some have been tortured; some have be...
The Literary Review
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