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Author Adayfi, Mansoor, author.

Title Don't forget us here : lost and found at Guantánamo / Mansoor AdayfI in collaboration with Antonio Aiello.

Publication Info. New York : Hachette Books, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  355.1296 ADAYFI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.1296 ADAYFI    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  355.1296 ADAYFI    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  355.1296 ADA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B ADAYFI MANSOOR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO ADAYFI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B ADAYFI, MANSOOR    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  355.1296 ADAYFI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-ADAYFI ADA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.12 ADA    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Part 1: Arrival -- Part 2: Resistance -- Part 3: Hunger -- Part 4: Departure.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
"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 Guantánamo Bay, where he spent the next 14 years as Detainee #441. 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 nicknamed "Smiley Troublemaker": a student, writer, advocate, and historian. While at Guantánamo, he wrote a series of manuscripts he sent as letters to his attorneys, which he then transformed into this vital chronicle, in collaboration with award-winning writer Antonio Aiello. With unexpected warmth and empathy, Mansoor unwinds a narrative of fighting for hope and survival in unimaginable circumstances, illuminating the limitlessness of the human spirit. And through his own story, he also tells Guantánamo's story, offering an unprecedented window into one of the most secretive places on earth and the people--detainees and guards alike--who lived there with him." -- inside front jacket flap.
Subject Adayfi, Mansoor -- Imprisonment.
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp -- Biography.
Detention of persons -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
Prisoners of war -- Abuse of -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
Prisoners of war -- Civil rights -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp. (OCoLC)fst01783445
Detention of persons. (OCoLC)fst00891620
Imprisonment. (OCoLC)fst00968277
Prisoners of war -- Abuse of. (OCoLC)fst01766447
Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. (OCoLC)fst01228663
War on Terrorism (2001-2009) (OCoLC)fst01754980
Chronological Term 2001-2009
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies.
Added Author Aiello, Antonio, author.
Added Title Do not forget us here
ISBN 9780306923869 (hardcover)
0306923866 (hardcover)
9780306923876 (ebook)
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