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My heart hurts 💔

This is quite literally the pencil-scrawled, partly redacted (later recreated), diary of a GTMO detainee who was held without charges (of course) and subjected to horrifying, literally jaw-dropping torture methods (but no waterboarding, if the info for the upcoming film has you wondering) for 15 years.

This is an important book and I'm glad it exists.

This is a tough book to review. It‘s quite literally a diary. Who am I to criticize the author? This is his reality and much of it is harsh and it is all unfair. However, I did not enjoy reading this nor did I feel particularly surprised or enlightened by it. This was also a terrible choice for audio, since they say “readacted” for every redaction. #readharderchalleng #writteninprison

#JuneBookBugs Day 12 - Can't Even

I'm diving into this diary, written by an inmate at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp. He's been there since 2001, despite never being charged. It took a 6-year legal battle to be able to release his diary, and there's such a significant amount of redaction that I can't even.

This is an essential, harrowing, jaw dropping, tragic read. Mohamedou Ould Slahi's diary of interrogations and imprisonment in Guantanamo is shocking to say the least. To know that we treat other human beings like that, irrespective of guilt, is horrific. Oh and by the way Mohamedou spent 14yrs without charge, because there was and is no evidence of him ever being a terrorist or involved in terrorism, being grossly interrogated by the US. 😔

Just started this today, already I'm like WOW!

Opening line:
"The American Team Takes Over...Arrival at Bagram...Bagram to GTMO...GTMO, the New Home...One Day in Paradise, the Next in Hell." #bookgnome #guantánamodiary #mohamedououldslahi