Now that you (Lebanese people) have come out of the great prison to which you were confined, you have released me from the small prison in which I was put.

I have spent 11 horrific years in solitary confinement in a 6-square-meter dungeon three floors underground without sunlight or fresh air. But I endured my har…

They were long, dark, black years.

I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom.