Guantanamo Diary - Hardcover

"Harrowing....Slahi describes the brutal interrogation he endured at Guantanamo---which was one of the two most extreme interrogations conducted there---and he does so vividly, sometimes nauseatingly. Slahi writes rather well, and even the many redactions don't really get in the way. It's well worth a read."
---Benjamin Wittes, "Lawfare"

"One of the most significant informants ever to be held at Guantanamo."
---Peter Finn, "Washington Post"

"Mr. Slahi's detention for more than [fourteen] years without charge or trial embodies the most egregious abuses of Guantanamo."
---ACLU

""Guantanamo Diary" will leave you shell-shocked."
""Vanity Fair"""

"Everyone should read "Guantanamo Diary."...Just by virtue of having been written inside Guantanamo, Slahi's book would be a triumph of humanity over chaos. But "Guantanamo Diary "turns out to be especially human. Slahi doesn't just humanize himself; he also humanizes his guards and interrogators. That's not to say that he excuses them. Just the opposite: he presents them as complex individuals who know kindness from cruelty and right from wrong."
"Joshua Rothman, "The New Yorker"""

""Guantanamo Diary "stands as perhaps the most human depiction of an entire post-9/11 system."
"Omar El Akkad, "Globe and Mail"""

"A longtime captive has written the most profound and disturbing account yet of what it's like to be collateral damage in the war against terror." Mark Danner, NYTBR, & Editors' Choice"

"Slahi is a fluent, engaging and at times eloquent writer, even in his fourth language, English....Slahi's book offers a first-person account of the experience of torture. For that reason alone, the book is necessary reading for those seeking to understand the dangers that Guantanamo's continued existence poses to Americans in the world."
Deborah Pearlstein, Washington Post"

"A riveting new book has emerged from one of the most contentious places in the world, and the U.S. government doesn't want you to read it....You don't have to be convinced of Slahi's innocence to be appalled by the incidents he describes." Kevin Canfield, San Francisco Chronicle"

"Guantanamo Diary will leave you shell-shocked."
Vanity Fair"

An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee.
Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go.

Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody and daily life as a detainee. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir---terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, GUANTÁNAMO DIARY is a document of immense historical importance.