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The General - The ordinary man who challenged Guantanamo (Paperback) Price: R231
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The General - The ordinary man who challenged Guantanamo (Paperback): Ahmed Errachidi, Gillian Slovo

The General - The ordinary man who challenged Guantanamo (Paperback)

Ahmed Errachidi, Gillian Slovo

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A revelatory and necessary survival memoir of five years of illegal detainment and torture in Guantanamo Bay

On September 11, 2001, in a cafe in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day. In a series of terrible events, Ahmed was sold by the Pakistanis to the Americans in the diplomatic lounge at Islamabad airport and spent five and a half years in Guantanamo. There, he was beaten, tortured, humiliated, and very nearly destroyed. But Ahmed did not give in. This very ordinary, Moroccan-born London chef became a leader of men. Known by the authorities as The General, he devised protests and resistance by any means possible. As a result, he spent most of his time in solitary confinement. But then, after all those years, Ahmed was freed, his innocence admitted. This is Ahmed's story. It will make readers rethink what it means to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It will also make readers look anew at courage, survival, justice, and the War on Terror.

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Imprint: Vintage
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2014
First published: September 2014
Authors: Ahmed Errachidi • Gillian Slovo
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-0-09-957229-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 0-09-957229-X
Barcode: 9780099572299

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