The Hauntingly Beautiful Artwork Of Guantanamo Detainees
Mar 26, 2013, 04:11 IST
John Moore/Getty ImagesA compliant detainee is escorted from a "life skills" class.Most of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo Bay may never see a day in court. They may never be released from the detention center in Cuba.
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Among the only ways they will ever get to express themselves is through art. Compliant detainees at Guantanamo are allowed to take art classes, among other privileges. These classes are the only place where detainees feel free to be themselves without pressure from others, according to the cultural advisor on base, a fifty-something Iraqi named Zak. Some of the work, which hangs in the detainee library at Camp Four, is hauntingly beautiful.