My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586487078 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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As a law student and American-born daughter of Pashtun (ethnic Afghan) immigrants, Khan seeks a translator position at one of the private law firms that represent the Guantanamo inmates, some of whom spend years in prison before offered a "fair" trial-or even access to counsel. Revealing near-universal abuse, both mental and physical, inflicted on the prisoners, Khan's account is plenty powerful-and that's before she travels alone to war-torn Afghanistan in order to prove her clients' innocence. Khan also divulges her poignant reunions with several prisoners following their release, a bittersweet breath of fresh air amid a nightmarish, eye-opening and important account. All rights reserved. Copyright © Reed Business Informati
She was outraged that her country, the USA, seemed to have suspended its tradition of equality for all under the law with regard to those imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and so she volunteered to translate for the lawyers - including British lawyer and founder of Reprieve Clive Stafford Smith - acting pro bono for the prisoners. No other writer has had access to the detainees. We cannot tell the difference until we see them as individuals with their own unique stories. Some at Guantanamo are terrorists who deserve to be convicted and sentenced as such. Mahvish Khan is the only Afghan-American to walk into Guantanamo of her own accord. This unique book is her story, and the story of the men she grew to know uniquely well inside the cages of Guantanamo. Mahvish Khan is an American lawyer, born to immigrant Afghan parents. They deserve that much. It documents the voices of men who have been tortured and held in a black hole of indefinite detention without legal recourse for years. This book is a testament to their captivity. Because she spoke their language, understood their customs and brought them Starbucks chai, the closest availab
"Visiting Guantanamo--A Painful Wake Up Call." according to Faroque Ahmed Khan. Thanks to the patience and persistence of the author, I was able to 'meet' the many so called 'terrorists' majority of whom, it seemed, were the victims of greed, bounties and plain mismanagement by our adminstration. The very existence of this camp has tarnished our image globally and after reading the auth. Joan K. Neidigh said Five Stars. Good read. Truth must be told and Mahvish did it so elegantly and gallantly Zahid Hussain Mahvish, bravo your courage tells on your ancestry. It is in your blood great story, just some comments: 1) Bismillah does not mean God protect you (Khuda hafiz or Allah hafiz are more appropriate)2) There is no such thing as North American Treaty Organization it is NATO in Afghanistan: North Atlantic Treaty