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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 Gauntánamo Bay, where he spent the next 15 years as Detainee #441.

In the vein of Ishmael Beah''s A Long Way Gone, 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 prisoners nicknamed Smiley Troublemaker: a student, writer, historian, and dedicated pop culture fan. With unexpected warmth and empathy, he unwinds a narrative of fighting for hope and survival in unimaginable circumstances, illuminating the limitle

Dont Forget Us Here Lost and Found at Guantanamo

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      Publisher Hachette Books
      Published 16 September 2021
      ISBN-13 9780306923869
      978-0306923869
      ISBN-10 0306923866
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      Biography Memoirs Human rights, civil rights Penology and punishment

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 Gauntánamo Bay, where he spent the next 15 years as Detainee #441.

      In the vein of Ishmael Beah''s A Long Way Gone, 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 prisoners nicknamed Smiley Troublemaker: a student, writer, historian, and dedicated pop culture fan. With unexpected warmth and empathy, he unwinds a narrative of fighting for hope and survival in unimaginable circumstances, illuminating the limitle

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