The moving, eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Guant�namo Bay for 14 years: a story of humanity in the unlikeliest of places and an unprecedented look at life at Guant�namo on the eve of its 20th anniversary At the age of 18, Mansoor Adayfi left his home in Yemen for a cultural mission to Afghanistan. He never returned. Kidnapped by warlords and then sold to the US after 9/11, he was disappeared to Guant�namo Bay, where he spent the next 14 years as Detainee #441. Don't Forget Us Here tells two coming ...
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The moving, eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Guant�namo Bay for 14 years: a story of humanity in the unlikeliest of places and an unprecedented look at life at Guant�namo on the eve of its 20th anniversary At the age of 18, Mansoor Adayfi left his home in Yemen for a cultural mission to Afghanistan. He never returned. Kidnapped by warlords and then sold to the US after 9/11, he was disappeared to Guant�namo Bay, where he spent the next 14 years as Detainee #441. Don't Forget Us Here tells two coming-of-age stories in parallel: a makeshift island outpost becoming the world's most notorious prison and an innocent young man emerging from its darkness. Arriving as a stubborn teenager, Mansoor survived the camp's infamous interrogation program and became a feared and hardened resistance fighter leading prison riots and hunger strikes. With time though, he grew into the man nicknamed Smiley Troublemaker: a student, writer, advocate, and historian. While at Guant�namo, he wrote a series of manuscripts he sent as letters to his attorneys, which he then transformed into this vital chronicle, in collaboration with award-winning writer Antonio Aiello. With unexpected warmth and empathy, Mansoor unwinds a narrative of fighting for hope and survival in unimaginable circumstances, illuminating the limitlessness of the human spirit. And through his own story, he also tells Guant�namo's story, offering an unprecedented window into one of the most secretive places on earth and the people--detainees and guards alike--who lived there with him.Twenty years after 9/11, Guant�namo remains open, and at a moment of due reckoning, Mansoor Adayfi helps us understand what actually happened there--both the horror and the beauty--a stunning record of an experience we cannot afford to forget.
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This book by Mansoor Adayfi should be a must read for Americans.Guantanam is a crime against humanity.Mansoor was kidnapped and sent to this cruel place as a teen from Yemen.Tho a teen he was interrogated as if he was a 48 year old Egyptian.Arab interpreters would know his apparent age and Yemeni accent.Horrific methods used to torture him and others.The inmates created a brotherhood to console and resist horrific treatments and conditions.
This account is heartbreaking and yet uplifting.The men managed to create friendships and bonds.Unbelievable but there are times reading Mansoor's account one laughs outloud,while often in tears.
