The topic I have chosen to write about is Poems by Guantanamo Bay Prisoners. The poem that stuck out to me is called “To my Father” by Abdullah Thani Faris al Anazi. While listening to this poem, I began to understand what the writer was feeling; it opened my eyes to what was happening in Guantanamo. In this poem, Abdullah basically says that he is being punished for something he has not done; he has done no wrong, yet he is being held captive at one of the camps. After hearing this poem, my understanding of what is happening in Guantanamo Bay, is that Muslims are being held captive just for being Muslim. These prisoners have been captured after the 9/11 attack, so I think that has something to do with the way people perceive them.
I don't think that this is fair because they are people just like us. Whether they are Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, etc.; they deserve to be treated fairly. Abdullah also mentions inequity at the beginning of his poem. While he is in Guantanamo, it seems as if he has no self-worth; as if his existence no longer matters. It seems to me that he wants people to know about the injustice that is happening at those camps, and he wants people to open their eyes and see how he and the other prisoners are being treated.
If those prisoners have done no wrong, why were they captured? Wasn't there someone there who did not think unjustly? I think that there was someone there who could have said something, but chose not to because they were scared.
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