Bahrain-based blogger Bint Battuta shares with us one of her friend's experiences – that of being imprisoned during a period of political unrest in the country in the mid-90s here [1]. “This evening my friend S. told me about the poetry lessons he used to give when he was in prison; he was in the wing for political prisoners, not the criminal, and he described with pride all the classes that the prisoners held for each other, ‘like a university’,” she writes.
Bahrain: Memoirs of a Prisoner
· Written by Amira Al Hussaini
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Bahrain, Human Rights, Politics