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Guantánamo Diary (memoir)

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Lloyd Levin and Michael Bronner, who were producers on those films, intend to bring to the screen the story of a suspected terrorist who has been incarcerated at that detention camp since 2002, without ever being charged with a crime or having the opportunity to defend himself in
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Slahi wrote the book in 2005 in the English he had learned largely in Guantánamo. Each page had to be submitted to military censors who made 2,500 redactions before releasing the manuscript to Slahi's attorneys seven years later. Editor Larry Siems edited the handwritten
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland and their company SunnyMarch have come aboard to produce Guantanamo Diary along with ZeroGravity's Mark Holder and Christine Holder.
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Many reviewers were surprised at how lacking in bitterness Slahi was since he had been subjected to brutal torture.
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passed to him by Slahi's lawyers. The memoir was auctioned and published while Slahi was still being
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In 2017, the book was republished with the redactions restored.
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and Michael Bronner had previously collaborated on the films
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Index

Guantanamo Diary (memoir)

Little, Brown
memoir
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Guantánamo Bay detention camp
tortured
manuscript
held without charge
The Mauritanian
option
a movie
Lloyd Levin
United 93
Green Zone
Benedict Cumberbatch


"'Guantánamo Diary,' by Mohamedou Ould Salahi"
"Mohamedou Ould Salahi's Guantánamo Diary"


"Guantánamo prisoner to publish 'harrowing' memoirs"
The Guardian
"Blame game: After years of legal wrangling, Mohamedou Ould Salahi's prison diary finally comes out. A sad and sickening read"
The Economist
"He Reminded Me of Forrest Gump"
Slate magazine
Mohamedou Salahi
"Guantánamo Memoirs: Part One"

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