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This searing memoir shares the trauma and triumphs of Lakhdar
Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir's time inside America's most
notorious prison. Lakhdar and Mustafa were living quiet, peaceful
lives in Bosnia when, in October 2001, they were arrested and
accused of participating in a terrorist plot. After a three-month
investigation uncovered no evidence, all charges were dropped and
Bosnian courts ordered their freedom. However, under intense U.S.
pressure, Bosnian officials turned them over to American soldiers.
They were flown blindfolded and shackled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
where they were held in outdoor cages for weeks as the now-infamous
military prison was built around them. Guantanamo became their home
for the next seven years. They endured torture and harassment and
force-feedings and beatings, all the while not knowing if they
would ever see their families again. They had no opportunity to
argue their innocence until 2008, when the Supreme Court issued a
landmark ruling in their case, Boumediene v. Bush, confirming
Guantanamo detainees' constitutional right to challenge their
detention in federal court. Weeks later, the George W.
Bush–appointed federal judge who heard their case, stunned by the
absence of evidence against them, ordered their release. Now living
in Europe and rebuilding their lives, Lakhdar and Mustafa are
finally free to share a story that every American ought to know.
Learn more at witnessesbook.com or donate to a crowdsourced
restitution fund at GoFundMe.com/witnesses.
This searing memoir shares the trauma and triumphs of Lakhdar
Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir's time inside America's most
notorious prison. Lakhdar and Mustafa were living quiet, peaceful
lives in Bosnia when, in October 2001, they were arrested and
accused of participating in a terrorist plot. After a three-month
investigation uncovered no evidence, all charges were dropped and
Bosnian courts ordered their freedom. However, under intense U.S.
pressure, Bosnian officials turned them over to American soldiers.
They were flown blindfolded and shackled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
where they were held in outdoor cages for weeks as the now-infamous
military prison was built around them. Guantanamo became their home
for the next seven years. They endured torture and harassment and
force-feedings and beatings, all the while not knowing if they
would ever see their families again. They had no opportunity to
argue their innocence until 2008, when the Supreme Court issued a
landmark ruling in their case, Boumediene v. Bush, confirming
Guantanamo detainees' constitutional right to challenge their
detention in federal court. Weeks later, the George W.
Bush–appointed federal judge who heard their case, stunned by the
absence of evidence against them, ordered their release. Now living
in Europe and rebuilding their lives, Lakhdar and Mustafa are
finally free to share a story that every American ought to know.
Learn more at witnessesbook.com or donate to a crowdsourced
restitution fund at GoFundMe.com/witnesses.
A collection of essays by leading scholars that examine the two
facets of Juan de Mena's life as lawyer and poet. Este libro reúne
un número significativo de artículos que suponen una aportación
ciertamente notable a la bibliografía disponible hasta la fecha.
Juan de Mena: de letrado a poeta recoge dieciséis trabajos en los
que se estudifigura y su obra desde perspectivas distintas pero
complementarias que abren nuevas líneas de investigación o bien
enriquecen otras ya existentes. El libro está estructurado en tres
grandes bloques temáticos: el primero de ellos se dedica al
contexto histórico de Juan de Mena. El segundo gira en torno a la
configuración del poeta, atendiendo a la conciencia autorial de
Mena y a los recursos literarios que emplea. El tercero y último
está dedicado a latransformación del 'famosíssimo poeta Juan de
Mena' en un clásico. Cristina Moya García es profesora en la
Universidad de Córdoba. This book contains several studies
reviewing the two facets of Juan de Mena's life as lawyer and poet.
These contributions open up new lines of research on this important
early-fifteenth-century Castilian writer and enrich some existing
ones, studying Juan de Mena from different perspectives. The book
is structured into three thematic blocks: The first is devoted to
the historical context of Juan de Mena. The second section focuses
on the configuration of the poet. The third and final part is
dedicated to the transformation of"famosíssimo poeta Juan de Mena"
into a classic author. Cristina Moya García is a professor at the
Universidad de Córdoba. Contributors: Federica Accorsi, Carlos
Alvar, Linde M. Brocato, Francisco de Paula Cañas Gálvez, Daniela
Capra, Juan Luis Carriazo Rubio, Antonio Cortijo Ocaña, Sila
Gómez Álvarez, Ángel Gómez Moreno, Daniel Hartnett, Julián
Jiménez Heffernan, Maxim Kerkhof, Françoise Maurizi, Cristina
Moyérez, Pedro Ruiz Pérez, Julian Weiss
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