The section includes the works of more than 15 Palestinian prisoners, presenting their visions and experiences in various literary, social, and scientific fields.
The exhibition, which launched on August 9 under the slogan "And Arabic Remains," will continue until the 17th of the same month at the Eurasia Hall of the Yenikapı Exhibition Center, with the participation of more than 300 publishing houses from 20 countries, as well as universities, schools, and civil society organizations.
In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Nael Barghouti, the dean of Palestinian prisoners, described the works as "written with blood and sincere emotion," noting that they include novels, short stories, poetry, reflections, letters, and personal experiences.
Barghouti, who spent 45 years in Israeli prisons, explained that the cultural output of Palestinian prisoners "is increasing day by day and will have a significant impact in the coming years."
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Barghouti asserted that Israeli prison guards pursue every cultural artifact within prisons, but Palestinian prisoners remain cultural producers and extensions of their people.
For her part, Nahed Faqha, director of the women's section at the Palestinian Forum for Communication and Relations, said, "Most of the texts reached us via letters sent by the Red Cross, or through visits from prisoners' families." She added that prisoners' writings "were smuggled out of prisons in the form of letters, then collected, revised, and printed." She emphasized the importance of conveying the voices of prisoners, "some of whom are doctors and university professors."
Israel holds more than 10,800 Palestinians in its prisons, including 50 female prisoners, more than 450 children, and 3,629 administrative detainees (without charge). They suffer torture, starvation, and medical neglect, many of whom have died, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.
