Egyptian Poet Galal El-Behairy Starts Hunger Strike
March 5 marked five years since the arrest of Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy, and yesterday the poet launched a hunger strike, as his supporters said, “to get out of prison alive, or not alive.”
Galal el-Behairy
Guy Gunaratne: ‘And Yes, Galal’s Poetry Inspires Me’
“And yes, Galal’s poetry inspires me. He makes me want to sit at my desk with a stronger spine, be brave with my own writing.”
‘500 Tomorrows’: On Jailed Egyptian Poet Galal El-Behairy
It ends without an ending, with a familiar stagnation: “distress leaves/ making room for more distress/ and I wait for tomorrow’s date/ to come tomorrow, late.”