Basma MostafaJun 27, 2025
Egypt must release poet Galal El-Behairy, unjustly jailed since he was 28 years old for his poetry and song lyrics. Today marks his 35th birthday—his 7th spent behind bars. How many more birthdays will Egypt rob from him? #FreeGalal #PoetryIsNotACrime
Basma MostafaJun 23, 2025
I’m joining Poetry in Chains, hosted by @penamerica.bsky.social on Friday, June 27, to mark poet #GalalElBehairy’s 7th birthday behind bars — jailed for his words, not crimes. Writing is not a threat. Join us & raise your voice to #FreeGalal. ➡️ To register: pen.org/event/poetry...

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Ingrid GlompJun 26, 2024

English PEN wrote:
"Ahead of his birthday tomorrow 27 June, show your support for imprisoned poet and lyricist Galal El-Behairy by sending him a message of solidarity through our letter-writing campaign, #PENWrites.
#FreeGalal "
https://www.englishpen.org/pen-writes/penwrites-galal-el-behairy-egypt/

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PENWrites: Galal El-Behairy – Egypt - English PEN

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艾未未 Ai Weiwei (@aiww)Jun 1, 2023
@pen_int RT by @aiww: Today, @pen_int and @englishpen launch a Twitter Storm calling on the @EgyptianPPO to immediately release imprisoned poet #GalalElBehairy who today has escalated his hunger strike, now refusing fluids. Help us to #FreeGalal, join our twitter storm today! #SaveGalal #FreeThemAll https://nitter.hongkongers.net/pen_int/status/1664195588219457537#m
PEN International (@pen_int)

Today, @pen_int and @englishpen launch a Twitter Storm calling on the @EgyptianPPO to immediately release imprisoned poet #GalalElBehairy who today has escalated his hunger strike, now refusing fluids. Help us to #FreeGalal, join our twitter storm today! #SaveGalal #FreeThemAll

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艾未未 Ai Weiwei (@aiww)May 31, 2023
@channeldraw RT by @aiww: "A murdered man guarding his revolution from kidnapping." Galal Galal El-Behairy Free download of the drawing: https://www.channeldraw.org/2023/05/31/poet-galal-el-behairy-is-at-risk-after-80-days-on-hunger-strike/ #FreeGalal #SaveGalal @FreeThemAll_ @EgyptianPPO @AlsisiOfficial @MfaEgypt https://nitter.hongkongers.net/channeldraw/status/1663840602293714951#m
Poet Galal El-Behairy is at risk after 80 days on hunger strike - ChannelDraw

"A murdered man guarding his revolution from kidnapping."

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Ingrid GlompMay 26, 2023
Galal El-Behairy, unjustly imprisoned in Egypt since 2018, has announced his plan to escalate his hunger strike on 1 June by refusing fluids.
Send him a message. #PENWrites #FreeGalal
https://www.englishpen.org/pen-writes/penwrites-galal-el-behairy-egypt/
PENWrites: Galal El-Behairy – Egypt - English PEN

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Ivor StodolskyApr 16, 2018

Join Artists at Risk (AR) in solidarity with the #PrisonersofBalaha! We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Galal El-Behairy. Don’t let artistic expression of dissent be silenced! #FreeGalal !

https://artistsatrisk.org/2018/04/16/international-appeal-torture-beatings-prison-galal-el-behairy-ramy-essams-balaha-freegalal/?lang=en

Sign the INTERNATIONAL APPEAL against Torture, Beatings and Prison for Galal El-Behairy re Ramy Essam's “Balaha”. #FreeGalal! - Artists At Risk

#FreeGalal #PrisonersofBalaha Read the press release Arabic (Pdf) After the release of Ramy Essam’s latest song and music video Balaha, the author of the lyrics Galal El-Behairy was arrested, beaten and tortured. A warrant for the arrest of Ramy Essam on … Continue reading →

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