Injustice

Poems From Guantanamo is a depressing story of individuals who were just contained because of their ethnic background in my opinion. The people who were held captive from 2002 were not just ordinary people. Some of them were recognized figures like Ustad Badruzzaman Badr, who has a Master's Degree in English. There were some people unlike Ustad, who did not have a degree like Abdullah Thani Faris Al Anazi, who was an ordinary worker in Afghanistan. That is until the U.S. came and basically took away his freedom. Its like what Peggy said, you believe that everything the U.S. has done is right. I thought racism no longer existed but from the actions taken by the U.S. Government since 2002, we should be considered the bad guys.


To My Father by Abdullah Thani Faris Anazi is a poem dedicated to his father letting know that he is alive to say the least. He wishes to send his regards to his whole family, since he is unable to communicate with them. Al Anazi considers the custody as an injustice by the U.S. He explains that though the U.S. wants to make him guily, he will not let that happen because no crime was committed. To tell a lie is something that he will not do because nothing was done wrong, but the U.S. Government feels that is not the case.