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.
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