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The Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi

The Mauritanian By Mohamedou Ould Slahi

The Mauritanian by Mohamedou Ould Slahi

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Summary

The international bestseller that set the world on fire, told in full: Mohamedou Ould Slahi's unflinching account of his fourteen years of detention without charge in Guantanamo Bay

The Mauritanian Summary

The Mauritanian by Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Previously published as Guantanamo Diary, this momentous account and international bestseller is soon to be a major motion picture

The first and only diary written by a Guantanamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previously censored material restored.

Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay in 2002.

There he suffered the worst of what the prison had to offer, including months of sensory deprivation, torture and sexual assault.

In October 2016 he was released without charge.

This is his extraordinary story, as inspiring as it is enraging.

The Mauritanian Reviews

A vision of hell, beyond Orwell, beyond Kafka -- JOHN LE CARRE
An extraordinary account . . . the global war on terror has found in a Mauritanian captive its true and complete witness * * Guardian * *
Unnerving yet ultimately magnificent . . . there is something special about Guantanamo Diary that lifts it from human rights polemic to the realm of literary magic * * Sunday Times * *
The work is a kind of dark masterpiece, a sometimes unbearable epic of pain, anguish and bitter humour * * New York Times * *
Heartbreaking . . . there has never been a book quite like this . . . extraordinary and overwhelming * * New Statesman * *
This Guantanamo detainee's harrowing memoir is a tremendous achievement - and a grave warning against ignoring the rule of law * * Observer * *
This is a necessary book. It reminds us that the evil we're fighting can be found in ourselves as well as our enemies * * Daily Telegraph * *
A sobering, often chilling, read. Slahi's story deserves to be widely read * * Independent * *
Slahi's book offers a reminders that the struggles we face in these difficult times involve real individuals, not faceless creatures who are to be characterised as members as one or other hated group. That he has resorted to words, the mightiest of weapons, even as his incarceration continues, makes his experience all the more relevant today * * Financial Times * *
A harrowing account of [Mohamedou Ould Slahi's] detention, interrogation, and abuse . . . One of the most stubborn, deliberate and cruel Guantanamo interrogations on record * * Slate * *

About Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Mohamedou Ould Slahi was born in a small town in Mauritania in 1970. He won a scholarship to attend college in Germany and worked there for several years as an engineer. He returned to Mauritania in 2000. The following year, at the behest of the United States, he was detained by Mauritanian authorities and rendered to a prison in Jordan; later he was rendered again, first to Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, and finally, on 5 August 2002, to the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was subjected to severe torture. In 2010, a federal judge ordered him immediately released, but the government appealed that decision. He was cleared and released on 16 October 2016, and repatriated to his native country of Mauritania. No charges were filed against him during or after this ordeal.

Larry Siems is a writer and human rights activist and for many years directed the Freedom to Write Program at PEN American Center. He is the author of The Torture Report: What the Documents Say about America's Post-9/11 Torture Program. He lives in New York.

Additional information

GOR011285893
9781838854171
1838854177
The Mauritanian by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Canongate Books Ltd
2021-02-18
464
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - The Mauritanian