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Former Guantánamo detainee Sami El-Haj attended the event

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The regional Office Lebanon and the Anis K. Makdisi Program in Literature- American University of Beirut (AUB) organized an event around the book Poems from Guantanamo on March 17 at 17:00- 19:00 in AUB.

Panel speakers included:  Sari Hanafi, Sociology Professor- AUB; Sami El-Haj, Al Jazeera/ former Guantánamo detainee; Ahmed Karaoud, Amnesty International - Beirut Office Director and Jordanian writer Ahmad Jaradat.

The event was attended by teachers, AUB students and some AI members in Lebanon. It was broadcasted on Al-Jazeera Mubashar on 20 Mar 09.

Mazen Jaber
Amnesty International
Beirut, Lebanon

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