My Guantánamo diary : the detainees and the stories they told me /
Mahvish Khan is an American lawyer, born in Michigan to immigrant Afghan parents. Outraged that her country was illegally imprisoning people at Guantánamo, she volunteered to translate for the prisoners. She spoke their language, understood their customs, and brought them Starbucks chai, the closest...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Public Affairs,
[2008]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Mahvish Khan is an American lawyer, born in Michigan to immigrant Afghan parents. Outraged that her country was illegally imprisoning people at Guantánamo, she volunteered to translate for the prisoners. 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. And 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. For Khan, the experience was a validation of her Afghan heritage--as well as her American freedoms, which allowed her to intervene at Guantánamo purely out of her sense that it was the right thing to do. Mahvish Khan's story is a challenging, brave test of who she is--and who we are.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302). |
| ISBN: | 9781586484989 1586484982 |