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Author |
: Mohamedou Ould Slahi |
Publisher |
: Canongate Books |
Total Pages |
: 454 |
Release |
: 2021-02-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781838855192 |
ISBN-13 |
: 183885519X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mauritanian by : Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Previously published as Guantánamo Diary, this momentous account and international bestseller is soon to be a major motion picture The first and only diary written by a Guantánamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previously censored material restored. Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantánamo 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.
Author |
: Mohamedou Ould Slahi |
Publisher |
: Back Bay Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2017-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0316517887 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780316517881 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Guantánamo Diary by : Mohamedou Ould Slahi
The acclaimed national bestseller, the first and only diary written by a Guantánamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previously censored material restored. When GUANTÁNAMO DIARY was first published--heavily redacted by the U.S. government--in 2015, Mohamedou Ould Slahi was still imprisoned at the detainee camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, despite a federal court ruling ordering his release, and it was unclear when or if he would ever see freedom. In October 2016, he was finally released and reunited with his family. During his 14-year imprisonment, the United States never charged him with a crime. Now for the first time, he is able to tell his story in full, with previously censored material restored. This searing diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir---terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. GUANTÁNAMO DIARY is a document of immense emotional power and historical importance.
Author |
: Mohamedou Ould Slahi |
Publisher |
: Ohio University Press |
Total Pages |
: 184 |
Release |
: 2021-02-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780821447307 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0821447300 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga by : Mohamedou Ould Slahi
An epic story of a Bedouin family’s survival and legacy amid their changing world in the unforgiving Sahara Desert. Ahmed is a camel herder, as his father was before him and as his young son Abdullahi will be after him. The days of Ahmed and the other families in their nomadic freeg are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the needs of his beloved camel herd, and the rich legends and stories that link his life to centuries of tradition. But Ahmed’s world is threatened—by the French colonizers just beyond the horizon, the urbanization of the modern world, and a drought more deadly than any his people have known. At first, Ahmed attempts to ignore these forces by concentrating on the ancient routines of herding life. But these routines are broken when a precious camel named Zarga goes missing. Saddling his trusted Laamesh, praying at the appointed hours, and singing the songs of his fathers for strength, Ahmed sets off to recover Zarga on a perilous journey that will bring him face to face with the best and the worst of humanity and test every facet of his Bedouin desert survival skills.
Author |
: Mohamedou Ould Slahi |
Publisher |
: Little, Brown |
Total Pages |
: 480 |
Release |
: 2015-01-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316328609 |
ISBN-13 |
: 031632860X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mauritanian (originally published as Guantánamo Diary) by : Mohamedou Ould Slahi
This "profound and disturbing" (New York Times Book Review) bestseller written by a Guantánamo prisoner is now a major feature film starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster. When The Mauritanian was first published as Guantánamo Diary in 2015—heavily redacted by the U.S. government—Mohamedou Ould Slahi was still imprisoned at the detainee camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, despite a federal court ruling ordering his release, and it was unclear when or if he would ever see freedom. In October 2016 he was finally released and reunited with his family. During his fourteen-year imprisonment the United States never charged him with a crime. Now he is able to tell his story in full, with previously censored material restored. This searing diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir—terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. The Mauritanian is a document of immense emotional power and historical importance.
Author |
: Diane Himpan Sabatier |
Publisher |
: Vernon Press |
Total Pages |
: 551 |
Release |
: 2019-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781622735822 |
ISBN-13 |
: 162273582X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nomads of Mauritania by : Diane Himpan Sabatier
'Nomads of Mauritania' aims at understanding the cultural identity (religious beliefs, language, values, relationships with others) of the Mauritanian nomads through their geographical environment, an original history, their lifestyle, caste system, diet, housing and crafts and how it is revealed by their art, materially expressed on the everyday objects and the body and defined for the first time as geometrical-abstract and respectively as ephemeral usual art and ephemeral living art. Furthermore, what has become of the nomads of Mauritania with the climate warming and the economic and cultural globalization and to what extent are they still the pillars and heart of the Mauritanian society of today?
Author |
: Janet Fleischman |
Publisher |
: Human Rights Watch |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1564321339 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781564321336 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mauritania's Campaign of Terror by : Janet Fleischman
Author |
: Katherine A. Wiley |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2018-09-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780253036254 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0253036259 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania by : Katherine A. Wiley
Although slavery was legally abolished in 1981 in Mauritania, its legacy lives on in the political, economic, and social discrimination against ex-slaves and their descendants. Katherine Ann Wiley examines the shifting roles of Muslim arāīn (ex-slaves and their descendants) women, who provide financial support for their families. Wiley uses economic activity as a lens to examine what makes suitable work for women, their trade practices, and how they understand and assert their social positions, social worth, and personal value in their everyday lives. She finds that while genealogy and social hierarchy contributed to status in the past, women today believe that attributes such as wealth, respect, and distance from slavery help to establish social capital. Wiley shows how the legacy of slavery continues to constrain some women even while many of them draw on neoliberal values to connect through kinship, friendship, and professional associations. This powerful ethnography challenges stereotypical views of Muslim women and demonstrates how they work together to navigate social inequality and bring about social change.
Author |
: Sidi Sene |
Publisher |
: Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426971617 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1426971613 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ignored Cries of Pain and Injustice from Mauritania by : Sidi Sene
This book, a historic and political account, depicts the daily horror endured by hundreds of thousands of blacks in the south of Mauritania and purposefully ignored by the international community. It also pictures the Senegal river valley or at least the north bank of it as an occupied territory highly militarized by the Mauritanian authorities to keep under terror the original inhabitants -blacks from the Fulani, the Wolof and the Soninke ethnic groups- and allow invaders from the north; Moors in general, Arabs in particular; from the Smassid, Moawiya's tribe in singular to illegally occupy and exploit their farm lands .It explains how the whole process has and is still being orchestrated by the central government in Nouakchott. This document gives the reader the smallest and most accurate details about real life and right from wrong about what is being said about Mauritanian's leaders and policies. It also explains how France, since colonization, has played and continues to play an imminent role in the exclusion, the humiliation and the extermination of blacks in the country.
Author |
: Kelly Cunnane |
Publisher |
: Schwartz & Wade |
Total Pages |
: 41 |
Release |
: 2013-10-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780375988936 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0375988939 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Deep in the Sahara by : Kelly Cunnane
"Poetic language, attractive illustrations and a positive message about Islam, without any didacticism: a wonderful combination," declares Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. Lalla lives in the Muslim country of Mauritania, and more than anything, she wants to wear a malafa, the colorful cloth Mauritanian women, like her mama and big sister, wear to cover their heads and clothes in public. But it is not until Lalla realizes that a malafa is not just worn to show a woman's beauty and mystery or to honor tradition—a malafa for faith—that Lalla's mother agrees to slip a long cloth as blue as the ink in the Koran over Lalla's head, under her arm, and round and round her body. Then together, they pray. An author's note and glossary are included in the back of the book.
Author |
: Jess Bravin |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 539 |
Release |
: 2013-02-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300191349 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300191340 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Terror Courts by : Jess Bravin
Soon after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States captured hundreds of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan and around the world. By the following January the first of these prisoners arrived at the U.S. military's prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they were subject to President George W. Bush's executive order authorizing their trial by military commissions. Jess Bravin, the "Wall Street Journal"'s Supreme Court correspondent, was there within days of the prison's opening, and has continued ever since to cover the U.S. effort to create a parallel justice system for enemy aliens. A maze of legal, political, and moral issues has stood in the way of justice--issues often raised by military prosecutors who found themselves torn between duty to the chain of command and their commitment to fundamental American values.While much has been written about Guantanamo and brutal detention practices following 9/11, Bravin is the first to go inside the Pentagon's prosecution team to expose the real-world legal consequences of those policies. Bravin describes cases undermined by inadmissible evidence obtained through torture, clashes between military lawyers and administration appointees, and political interference in criminal prosecutions that would be shocking within the traditional civilian and military justice systems. With the Obama administration planning to try the alleged 9/11 conspirators at Guantanamo--and vindicate the legal experiment the Bush administration could barely get off the ground--"The Terror Courts" could not be more timely.