The Resource My Guantánamo diary : the detainees and the stories they told me, Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
My Guantánamo diary : the detainees and the stories they told me, Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
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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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xv, 302 p.
- Contents
-
- Secret clearance
- The pediatrician
- Getting there
- The old man
- Big bounties
- The goatherd
- The lawyers
- The businessman
- Afghanistan
- Kabul
- Dead detainees
- Habeas hurdles
- Sami Al-Haj
- The drama
- Jumah Al-Dossary
- What the Pentagon said
- The police chief
- The poets
- Serial numbers
- Isbn
- 9781586484989
- Label
- My Guantánamo diary : the detainees and the stories they told me
- Title
- My Guantánamo diary
- Title remainder
- the detainees and the stories they told me
- Statement of responsibility
- Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
- Title variation
- Guantánamo diary : the detainees and the stories they told me
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Khan, Mahvish Rukhsana
- Dewey number
- 909.83/1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6432
- LC item number
- .K493 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Prisoners of war
- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)
- Prisoners of war
- Khan, Mahvish Rukhsana
- Label
- My Guantánamo diary : the detainees and the stories they told me, Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-302)
- Contents
- Secret clearance -- The pediatrician -- Getting there -- The old man -- Big bounties -- The goatherd -- The lawyers -- The businessman -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Dead detainees -- Habeas hurdles -- Sami Al-Haj -- The drama -- Jumah Al-Dossary -- What the Pentagon said -- The police chief -- The poets -- Serial numbers
- Control code
- ocn176893937
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xv, 302 p.
- Isbn
- 9781586484989
- Lccn
- 2008274233
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o176893937
- (OCoLC)176893937
- Label
- My Guantánamo diary : the detainees and the stories they told me, Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-302)
- Contents
- Secret clearance -- The pediatrician -- Getting there -- The old man -- Big bounties -- The goatherd -- The lawyers -- The businessman -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Dead detainees -- Habeas hurdles -- Sami Al-Haj -- The drama -- Jumah Al-Dossary -- What the Pentagon said -- The police chief -- The poets -- Serial numbers
- Control code
- ocn176893937
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xv, 302 p.
- Isbn
- 9781586484989
- Lccn
- 2008274233
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o176893937
- (OCoLC)176893937
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