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Latest letter from Kareem June 1st, 2008

Originally sent to this blogger:

First in Arabic, followed by an English translation -

بعيش يومين شكلهم مش حيتكرروا بسبب إن معايا مجموعة من المعتقلين على ذمة أحداث 6 أبريل
معظمهم ناس مثقفة و عندها قضية مؤمنة بيها بجد بعضهم أفرج عنهم و الباقي منتظرين قرار الإفراج ساعات بأفكر بيني و بين نفسي يعني
كان لازم يجوا هنا عشان يحسروني على الأيام اللي قعدوها معايا لما يمشوا
للمرة الأولى من ساعة ما غتحبست ألاقي في السجن ناس قريبن مني فكريا على الأقل إحتمال يفرج عنهم الأيام الجاية و هابقى انا لوحدي كما كنت في الاول.

أنا نفسي أخرج ….كل ما اشوف الناس بتروح بقول إمتى حيجي اليوم اللي أروح فيه زيهم أنا عملت إيه عشان أتحبس المدة الطويلة اوي اوي
أنا عمري ما حسيت في يوم من الأيام اللي قضتها في السجن إني إرتكبت جريمة أستاهل عليها إني أتسجن معنى كده ان الغرض من عقابي ما بقاش له معنى
لأن السجن ما قدرش يغير فيا أي حاجة و لا عمرة حيغير

أنا عندي هنا جوابات كتيرة وصلوا 2300 جواب أنا بفرح أوي لما توصلني جوابات بأبقى حاسس إن لسه فيه حد فاكرني لاني احيانا في ناس هنا لما يحبوا يضيقوني يقولوا لي خلاص ما حدش فاكرك و لا فاكر

قضيتك دي كانت وقت و إنتهى و الدنيا نسيتك ساعات الكلام ده بيضيقني بس لما أبص على الجوابات ت الكتير أوي اللي ملياه الاوضة بسخر بيني و بين نفسي من الكلام ده لأن الدليل الحي قدامي
موجود م مشاركني جزء من الأوضة اللي انا عايش فيها
نفس يجي يوم الاقي نفسي خارج الشرنقة اللي أنا محبوس فيها دي

كريم عامر
عنوان كريم أهه إكتبوا له:
سجن برج العرب الإحتياطي عنبر 22 غرفة 1
الإسكندريه

English:

I am living through some decent days here which I know will not last. I have several activists with me who were detained during the strike on the 6th of April in Egypt. They are people like me. They are educated, and staunch believers in certain values which they are fighting for.

Some of these people are out now, and the others are waiting to be released. Sometimes I wonder if the reason why they’re here in the first place is to make me more sad when they leave me alone in the dark.

This is the first time since I’ve been in prison that I meet people who are intellectually similar to me, but they will soon be released and I will be lonely again.

I wish I can get out of here. Every time I witness people being released from prison to go back to their homes, I wonder when it’s time for me to also leave. I never did anything worthy of this punishment. I’ve been here for so long, and throughout my detainment, I was never convinced that I ever committed a crime. Their punishment is not effective. This prison never changed my mind, and it never will.

I got 2,300 messages from all over the world. I feel ecstatic every time I receive a letter. I feel that people didn’t forget about me. Sometimes, the prisoners here mock me and try to hurt me by telling me that people forgot about my existence, but when I look at all of these letters that I have in my cell… I don’t care about what the prisoners are saying, because I have concrete evidence with me proving them wrong.

I just wish I could get out of here.

Kareem Amer
Borg el Arab prison, Section 22 Cell 1
Alexandria, Egypt

You may write to Kareem at the above address.

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