It is a chilling story of the united states worst abuses in the post911 era. If i wanted to, i could put my pen down right now, close my office door behind me, and go for a long walk outside. Mohamedou slahi at the desk where he used to sit in high school. The detainees and the stories they told me mahvish khan. A guantanamo diary from a prisoner still on the inside. Slahi emerges from the pages of his diary, handwritten in 2005, as a curious and generous personality, observant, witty and devout. His memoir is a terrifying personal story of abduction, detention, and torture in. Slahi, a slender, cleanshaven 45yearold mauritanian, sat quietly behind a sign identifying him as detainee, dressed in a shortsleeved white. Although heavily redacted by the censors, the book is still a harrowing and moving account of what one inmate of this notorious detention camp has been suffering for almost years.
Guantanamo diary mohamedou ould slahi, larry siems. Guantanamo diary mohamedou ould slahi, larry siems download bok. Mohamedou ould slahi was released one year ago from the prison at guantanamo bay, after 14 years without charge or trial. No criminal charges were ever pressed against him, but us interrogators pushed slahi for any information about his cousin and former brotherinlaw, mahfouz ould alwalid, who served as a lieutenant to osama bin laden. Mohamedou ould slahi wrote by hand in his guantanamo prison cell in the summer and fall of 2005. Guantanamo diary available for download and read online in other formats. Releases mohamedou ould slahi, author of guantanamo diary mohamedou ould slahi has been held at the u. Enter the handwritten diary of mohamedou ould slahi, a guantanamo detainee since 2002. Pdf teaching mohamedou ould slahis guantanamo diary in the. Pdf guantanamo diary download full pdf book download. Shami chakrabarti reads an extract podcast mohamedou ould slahi charts the routines of the guards at camp echo, in. This book is an edited version of the 466page manuscript. Steve kroft, correspondent for 60 minutes anyone who reads guantanamo diary and every american with a shred of conscience should do so, now will be ashamed and appalled. One mans account of rendition, torture and detention without charge at the hands of the us.
Guantanamo diary with the words of mohamedou ould slahi based on that history, the government concluded that mr. My guantanamo diary, uncensored american civil liberties union. In all these years, the united states has never charged him with a crime. Releases mohamedou ould slahi, author of guantanamo.
S militarys guantanamo bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release. Parallels in the first memoir from a prisoner still being held at guantanamo, mohamedou ould slahi tells how he went from his native. Guantanamo diary was published last week in countries, accompanied by a high profile campaign. Slahi describes being shackled, blindfolded, made to stand for. With shailene woodley, benedict cumberbatch, zachary levi, jodie foster. First video of author mohamedou slahi after release from. Arrested again and then held, although the government where he was arrested could not understand why he was arrested but they were doing it for the americans. Pdf this essay provides a case study of slahis guantanamo diary in order to demonstrate how a literary approach to contribute to the study. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. My lawyers had shown me photographs of the book on the shelves of bookstores in several cities and languages, and they were able to bring me a photocopy of my text, with all of the. Guantanamo diary author released from prison camp rt. Mohamedou ould slahi voluntarily turned himself in for questioning to police in his native mauritania on nov.
View of teaching mohamedou ould slahis guantanamo diary in. From the 2016 tucson festival of books, theresa duncan, counsel to mohamedou ould slahi, a prisoner at guantanamo bay, talks about her clients life in the prison and his book, guantanamo diary. Mohamedou ould slahis demand for simple justice should be our call to action. Guantanamo diary by mohamedou ould slahi, larry siems. Review of guantanamo diary 2 flash qfiasco debased, permeated with malice and insult. When slahi quotes the language inflicted upon him by interrogators and guards at gtmo, it is obvious that the same debasement of english occurred there, too. Slahi was detained in 2001 in mauritania and rendered to jordan for interrogation by the cia. After spending 14 years in guantanamo bay, guantanamo diary author mohamedou slahi has been released to his native mauritania. Three years into his captivity slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into u. This week, the bestselling memoir he wrote from prison was rereleased with the u. Slahi book was published in january 2015, and quickly became a bestseller, although the content is not vetted or verified, and is overshadowed by directives in a captured al qaeda training manual which specifically instructs the brothers to lie about their treatment in captivity.