The Guantánamo Artwork and Testimony of Moath Al-Alwi

Deaf Walls Speak presents an insider's view of artmaking in Guantánamo, the world's most notorious prison, as self-expression and protest, and to stage a fundamental human rights claim that has been denied by law and politics: the right to be recognized as human. The book juxtaposes detainee artist Moath al-Alwi's testimony and artwork with essays that situate his work within legal, political, aesthetic, and material contexts to demonstrate that artwork at Guantánamo constitutes important forms of material witnessing to human rights abuses perpetrated and denied by the U.S. government.

Presents artmaking in Guantánamo, world's most notorious prison, as self-expression and protest Juxtaposes detainee artist Moath al-Alwi's testimony and artwork in legal, aesthetic, and material contexts Argues that artwork at Guantánamo witnesses human rights abuses perpetrated and denied by the U.S. government

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Alexandra S. Moore is Professor of English and Co-Director of the Human Rights Institute at Binghamton University. Elizabeth Swanson is Professor of Literature and Human Rights at Babson College.

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Deaf Walls Speak presents an insider s view of artmaking in Guantánamo, the world s most notorious prison, as self-expression and protest, and to stage a fundamental human rights claim that has been denied by law and politics: the right to be recognized as human. The book juxtaposes detainee artist Moath al-Alwi s testimony and artwork with essays that situate his work within legal, political, aesthetic, and material contexts to demonstrate that artwork at Guantánamo constitutes important forms of material witnessing to human rights abuses perpetrated and denied by the U.S. government.

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Editor's Introduction The Guantánamo Artwork of Moath al-Alwi: Art as Expression, Witness, Evidence Alexandra S. Moore and Elizabeth Swanson.- Chapter 1: Artmaking at Guantánamo: A Ship Expresses Rescue Moath al-Alwi.- Chapter 2: My Brother, the Artist Mansoor Adayfi.- Chapter 3: APPROVED BY U.S. FORCES: Showing Art from Guantánamo Erin L. Thompson.- Chapter 4: From Wasting Away to a Way with Waste: The Visibility of Moath al-Alwi's Hunger and Sculpture Joshua O. Reno.- Chapter 5: Ships of Scraps: Moath al-Alwi's Model Ships in Islamic Art and Prison Histories Mira Rai Waits.- Chapter 6: Guantánamo Bay Ensigns: Material Rhetorics and Moath al-Alwi's Ships Belinda Walzer.- Chapter 7: A Sea without a Shore: Building an Alternative Visual Archive of Guantánamo Bay Safiyah Rochelle.- Chapter 8: Assemblage by Necessity: The Maritime Sculpture of Moathal-Alwi Gail Rothschild.