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My Guantanamo Diary Mahvish Khan

My Guantanamo Diary By Mahvish Khan

My Guantanamo Diary by Mahvish Khan


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Documents the voices of men who have been tortured and held in a black hole of indefinite detention in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba without legal recourse for years. This book shows who they are and also allows readers to see that these men are more similar to us than they are different.

My Guantanamo Diary Summary

My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me by Mahvish Khan

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. 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. Because she spoke their language, understood their customs and brought them Starbucks chai, the closest available drink to the kind of tea they would drink at home, they quickly befriended her, offering fatherly advice as well as a uniquely personal insight into their plight, and that of their families thousands of miles away at home. Some at Guantanamo are terrorists who deserve to be convicted and sentenced as such. Some are paediatricians and school teachers. We cannot tell the difference until we see them as individuals with their own unique stories. They deserve that much. No other writer has had access to the detainees. This book is a testament to their captivity. It documents the voices of men who have been tortured and held in a black hole of indefinite detention without legal recourse for years. It shows who they are and also allows readers to see that these men are more similar to us than they are different.

My Guantanamo Diary Reviews

(U)nforgettable... Of all the many books about the evil that is Guantanamo... this one, though full of pain, has enough joy, jokes and insight to make it my recommendation for anyone who still wonders what Guantanamo is really like. The Guardian (b)y focusing on the personal accounts of her clients and giving them names, faces and stories, Khan's book is a powerful reminder that theses men have all been away from their families for more than five years - and that they have all been denied a fair hearing. My Guantanamo Diary argues persuasively for this aberration to US law to be resolved. FT

About Mahvish Khan

Mahvish Rukhsana Khan is a recent law school graduate and journalist. She has published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other media. She lives in San Diego.

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GOR011686801
9781586487072
1586487078
My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me by Mahvish Khan
Used - Like New
Paperback
PublicAffairs,U.S.
20090623
320
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