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Starred Review on August 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
After being kidnapped by Afghan warlords, Yemeni 18-year-old Mansoor Adayfi was sold to the United States in the aftermath of 9/11. He was imprisoned, without being charged, at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, where he was stripped of his name and known as Prisoner 441. In this memoir, Adayfi describes the incarceration that he remarkably survived for 14 years, until his 2016 release. He offers detailed descriptions of torture (beatings, starvation, h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More