{"product_id":"mansoor-adayfi-dont-forget-us-here-2021-hardback","title":"Mansoor Adayfi: Don't Forget Us Here [2021] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 18, Mansoor Adayfi left his home in Yemen for a cultural mission to Afghanistan. He never returned. Kidnapped by warlords and then sold to the US after 9\/11, he was disappeared to Gauntanamo Bay, where he spent the next 15 years as Detainee #441.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the vein of Ishmael Beah's \u003ci\u003eA Long Way Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDon't Forget Us Here \u003c\/i\u003etells two coming-of-age stories in parallel: a makeshift island outpost becoming the world's most notorious prison and an innocent young man emerging from its darkness. Arriving as a stubborn teenager, Mansoor survived the camp's infamous interrogation program and became a feared and hardened resistance fighter leading prison riots and hunger strikes. With time though, he grew into the man prisoners nicknamed \"Smiley Troublemaker\": a student, writer, historian, and dedicated pop culture fan. With unexpected warmth and empathy, he unwinds a narrative of fighting for hope and survival in unimaginable circumstances, illuminating the limitlessness of the human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd through his own story as well as those who were there with him--detainees \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e guards--Mansoor also tells Gauntanamo's story, offering an unprecedented window into one of the most secretive places on earth. Putting a human face on the Gauntanamo we know from the news, as well as showing the side we never see--the art, the community, the joyful reclamation of stolen humanity--this book reconstructs the camp's history in human terms, bearing witness to the lives lost and destroyed there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty years later, Gauntanamo remains open. At a moment of due reckoning, Mansoor helps us understand what actually happened there--both the horror and the beauty--offering a vital chronicle of an experience we cannot afford to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adayfi, Mansoor","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51512968315219,"sku":"9780306923869","price":35.71,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51512968282451,"sku":"XG80306923869","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/adayfi-mansoor-mansoor-adayfi-don-t-forget-us-here-2021-hardback-1182527675.jpg?v=1754007207","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/mansoor-adayfi-dont-forget-us-here-2021-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}