El-Behairy sent us a heartbreaking letter about his inhumane conditions in detention. Egypt must release him and ensure his immediate medical treatment.
Share his words and call for his release. Full letter: pen.org/letter-from-...
#FreeGalal #FreeThemAll #PoetryIsNotACrime #FreedomToWrite
Egypt must release poet Galal El-Behairy, unjustly jailed since he was 28 years old for his poetry and song lyrics. Today marks his 35th birthday—his 7th spent behind bars. How many more birthdays will Egypt rob from him? #FreeGalal #PoetryIsNotACrime
Photo shows 2025 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Honoree Galal El-Behairy. Quote reads: "behind me, a trail of shameful charges — the least: lying: the most extreme, terrorism. All crimes, I did not commit, but one: poetry." Beneath that, text indicates Galal El-Behairy has been imprisoned in Egypt since 2018. PEN America logo appears at bottom right.
Egypt must release poet Galal El-Behairy, unjustly jailed since he was 28 years old for his poetry and song lyrics. Today marks his 35th birthday—his 7th spent behind bars. How many more birthdays will Egypt rob from him? #FreeGalal #PoetryIsNotACrime
Attending @penamerica.bsky.social webinar today marking the 35th birthday of PEN America’s 2025 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write honoree Galal El-Behairy, jailed in Egypt now for 7 years for his poetry. How many more birthdays will Egypt rob from him? #FreeGalal #PoetryIsNotACrime pen.org/writer-at-ri...
This Friday, poet and 2025 PEN/Barbey Freedom To Write honoree Galal El-Behairy turns 35. It will be his 7th birthday in jail in Egypt.
Share this reading of El-Behairy’s poem by novelist Ahmed Naji and join us in calling for his release.
#FreeGalal #PoetryIsNotACrime
19/4/25: Russia jails 19-year-old Daria Kozyreva who used poetry and graffiti to protest Russia’s war on Ukraine.
#ArtAsResistance #PoetryIsNotACrime #FreedomOfExpression #ArtistsInPrison #ArtAgainstWar #ContemporaryArt #CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara
