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1 y separately published work icon Truth in the Cage Mohammad Ali Maleki , Chloé Charody (composer), Australia : Chloé Charody , 2023 27146142 2023 selected work lyric/song Seven poems from Mohammad Ali Maleki's collection (written while imprisoned on Manus Island) set to music by Australian composer Chloé Charody. Performed by Caitlin Redding & Kunal Lahiry.
1 Black Christmas i "Ah, black Christmas,", Mohammad Ali Maleki , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , December 2021;
1 The Old Window i "In an old tall building", Mohammad Ali Maleki , Mansour Shoushtari (translator), 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2021;
1 Exit i "Have you ever heard about our years of sorrow?", Mohammad Ali Maleki , Mansour Shoushtari (translator), 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2021;
1 Promised Land i "I travel at the speed of electricity and wind", Mohammad Ali Maleki , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Other Terrain , June no. 7 2019;
1 A Christian in Manus Prison i "There is no one left in this world who has not heard your name.", Mohammad Ali Maleki , Mansour Shoushtari (translator), 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , December 2019;
1 Expectations Mohammad Ali Maleki , Mansour Shoushtari (translator), 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Other Terrain , June no. 5 2018;
1 Parrot i "I went to the jungle —", Mohammad Ali Maleki , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Collaboration , no. 29 2018;
1 2 y separately published work icon Truth in the Cage Mohammad Ali Maleki , Sydney : Rochford Street Press , 2018 14126183 2018 selected work poetry

'Written from within Manus Island detention centre, where Mohammad has been incarcerated for the last five years, Truth in the Cage is a powerful work of personal and political poetry.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Tears of Stone i "The land of this island", Mohammad Ali Maleki , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Shoots Anthology : Poems Inspired by Plants 2017; (p. 44-46)
1 Truth in the Cage Mohammad Ali Maleki , Mansour Shoushtari (translator), 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2017;
1 Friends Mohammad Ali Maleki , Mansour Shoushtari (translator), 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2017;
1 A Dream of Death i "My dears, I know these are stories are old:", Mohammad Ali Maleki , Mansour Shoushtari (translator), 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2017;
1 The Strong Sunflower i "Manus Island knew nothing of sunflowers", Mohammad Ali Maleki , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October – December no. 20 2016; Southerly , vol. 79 no. 2 2021; (p. 48)
1 Dry Land i "Behind my room I had a piece of land", Mohammad Ali Maleki , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October – December no. 20 2016;
1 The Golden Wheat i "I am a beautiful golden seed", Mohammad Ali Maleki , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October – December no. 20 2016;
1 Hope i "There was a seed,", Mohammad Ali Maleki , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October – December no. 20 2016;
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