WHEN Ahmed Rabbani ran out of paint to satisfy his artistic yearnings during 20 years of incarceration at Guantanamo Bay, he turned to whatever came to hand – dirt, coffee grinds and even spices such as turmeric from the prison canteen.
“Through painting, I would feel myself outside Guantanamo,” the 53-year-old Pakistani said at an exhibition of his work in the port city of Karachi recently.
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