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Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

This is war

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Mansoor Adayfi

Mansoor Adayfi is a writer and former Guantánamo Bay Prison Camp detainee, held for over 14 years without charges as an enemy combatant. He has contributed to The New York Times, Literary Hub, the award-winning BBC radio documentary The Art of Now, and the CBC podcast Love Me, which aired on NPR's Snap Judgment. His graphic narrative, Caged Lives, was published by The Nib and included in the anthology Guantanamo Voices. In 2019, he won the Richard J. Margolis Award for nonfiction writers of social justice journalism.
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Interview Justice

Mansoor Adayfi: “If you are alive, you still have resistance within you”

Anil Karim Vassanji and Mansoor Adayfi January 10, 2022
“And, at Guantanamo, if you’re alive, you’re also a fucking terrorist.”
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