"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Qatari poet Muhammad al-Ajami jailed for life- Voltaire.net

 
 
At the end of a secret trial, five times postponed, the Qatari poet Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami was sentenced to life imprisonment for "insulting the regime, defaming Crown Prince Tamim and attacking the constitution" (sic).
 
Though the charge has not been disclosed, it seems that the regime may have zeroed in on al-Ajami’s widely circulated “Jasmine Poem,” which asserted "We are all Tunisia in the face of the repressive elite."
 
The poet has already been held in solitary confinement for at least five months.

http://www.voltairenet.org/article176805.html