The Mauritanian

Author : Mohamedou Ould Slahi,Larry Siems
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781838855192

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The Mauritanian by Mohamedou Ould Slahi,Larry Siems Pdf

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
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316517887

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Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi Pdf

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,Larry Siems
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780821447307

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The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga by Mohamedou Ould Slahi,Larry Siems Pdf

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 : Ana Ramos,Fran Ramil,José Luis Sanz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789402410235

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Deep-Sea Ecosystems Off Mauritania by Ana Ramos,Fran Ramil,José Luis Sanz Pdf

This book compiles the main findings of the multidisciplinary long-term research program developed in the continental margin of one of the more productive and unknown areas of the world oceans, Northwest Africa. The more than 25,000 preserved fishes and benthic invertebrates and quantitative data collected in 342 trawling stations, the 267 oceanographic profiles, the 211 sediment samples and the 28,122 km2 prospected by multi˗beam echo sounding allowed to obtain an overview of the amazing biodiversity of the demersal and benthic fauna inhabiting soft- and hard-bottom habitats, as well as the fascinating geomorphology and oceanography, hidden in the Mauritanian slope.

Author : Katherine Ann Wiley
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253036254

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Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania by Katherine Ann Wiley Pdf

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 Ḥarāṭīn (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 : Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316328609

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The Mauritanian (originally published as Guantánamo Diary) by Mohamedou Ould Slahi Pdf

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 : Sidi Sene
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426971617

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The Ignored Cries of Pain and Injustice from Mauritania by Sidi Sene Pdf

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 : Diane Himpan Sabatier,Brigitte Himpan
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781622735822

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Nomads of Mauritania by Diane Himpan Sabatier,Brigitte Himpan Pdf

'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,Human Rights Watch/Africa,Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1564321339

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Mauritania's Campaign of Terror by Janet Fleischman,Human Rights Watch/Africa,Human Rights Watch (Organization) Pdf

Author : Anthony G. Pazzanita
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810862654

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Historical Dictionary of Mauritania by Anthony G. Pazzanita Pdf

Mauritania is bordered by Senegal in the south, Mali in the east, Algeria in the far northeast, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the north. Comprised mostly of vast stretches of desert, this young country has escaped the ravages of the violent interstate and civil conflicts that have so bedeviled Africa. Mauritanian society possesses ancient antecedents and a universal religious faith that has been practiced over several centuries. These characteristics have given the country a sometimes fragile but relatively resilient sense of national identity, which has survived into the 21st century in the face of powerful political, regional, ethnic/racial, and tribal rivalries since its independence in 1960. An economy largely centered on the export of raw materials, a weak agricultural sector, and a harsh climate in most areas further add to the challenges confronting all Mauritanians. The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Mauritania_through its chronology, introductory essay, maps, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, institutions, and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects_provides an important reference on Mauritania.

Author : Mansoor Adayfi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0306923866

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Don't Forget Us Here by Mansoor Adayfi Pdf

"The moving, eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Gauntánamo Bay for 15 years: a story of humanity in the unlikeliest of places and an unprecedented look at life at Gauntánamo on the eve of its 20th anniversary"--

Author : Mahvish Khan
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781586486617

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My Guantanamo Diary by Mahvish Khan Pdf

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.

Author : Larry Siems
Publisher : OR Books
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781935928560

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The Torture Report by Larry Siems Pdf

Sometimes the truth is buried in front of us. That is the case with more than 140,000 government documents relating to abuse of prisoners by U.S. forces during the “war on terror,” brought to light by Freedom of Information Act litigation. As the lead author of the ACLU’s report on these documents, Larry Siems is in a unique position to chronicle who did what, to whom and when. This book, written with the pace and intensity of a thriller, serves as a tragic reminder of what happens when commitments to law, common sense, and human dignity are cast aside, when it becomes difficult to discern the difference between two groups intent on perpetrating extreme violence on their fellow human beings. Divided into three sections, The Torture Report presents a stunning array of eyewitness and first-person reports—by victims, perpetrators, dissenters, and investigators—of the CIA’s White House-orchestrated interrogations in illegal, secret prisons around the world; the Pentagon’s “special projects,” in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; plots real and imagined, and much more.

Author : Boubacar N'Diaye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Africa
ISBN : 113805948X

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Mauritania's Colonels by Boubacar N'Diaye Pdf

"Mauritania's Colonels examines the personalities and policy of five military officers turned heads of state who ruled Mauritania for nearly 40 years." -- from preface.

Author : B. Soares,R. Otayek
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230607101

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Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa by B. Soares,R. Otayek Pdf

Political liberalization and economic reform, the weakening of the state, and increased global interconnections have all had profound effects on Muslim societies and the practice of Islam in Africa. The contributors to this volume investigate and illuminate the changes that have occurred in Africa, through detailed case studies.