Mohamedou Ould Slahi – författare

An epic story of a Bedouin family's survival and legacy amid their changing world in the unforgiving Sahara Desert. Ahmed is a camel herder, as his father was before him and as his young son Abdullahi will be after him. The days of Ahmed and the other families in their nomadic freeg are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the needs of his beloved camel herd, and the rich legends and stories that link his life to centuries of tradition. But Ahmed's world is threatened-by the French colonizers just beyond the horizon, the urbanization of the modern world, and a drought more deadly than any his people have known. At first, Ahmed attempts to ignore these forces by concentrating on the ancient routines of herding life. But these routines are broken when a precious camel named Zarga goes missing. Saddling his trusted Laamesh, praying at the appointed hours, and singing the songs of his fathers for strength, Ahmed sets off to recover Zarga on a perilous journey that will bring him face to face with the best and the worst of humanity and test every facet of his Bedouin desert survival skills.

An epic story of a Bedouin family's survival and legacy amid their changing world in the unforgiving Sahara Desert. Ahmed is a camel herder, as his father was before him and as his young son Abdullahi will be after him. The days of Ahmed and the other families in their nomadic freeg are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the needs of his beloved camel herd, and the rich legends and stories that link his life to centuries of tradition. But Ahmed's world is threatened-by the French colonizers just beyond the horizon, the urbanization of the modern world, and a drought more deadly than any his people have known. At first, Ahmed attempts to ignore these forces by concentrating on the ancient routines of herding life. But these routines are broken when a precious camel named Zarga goes missing. Saddling his trusted Laamesh, praying at the appointed hours, and singing the songs of his fathers for strength, Ahmed sets off to recover Zarga on a perilous journey that will bring him face to face with the best and the worst of humanity and test every facet of his Bedouin desert survival skills.

Now a major motion picture called The Mauritanian 'A vision of hell, beyond Orwell, beyond Kafka' JOHN LE CARRÉThe first and only diary written by a Guantánamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previous censored material restored.Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay in 2002.There he suffered the worst of what the prison had to offer, including months of sensory deprivation, torture and sexual assault.In October 2016 he was released without charge.This is his extraordinary story.

Der Spiegel-Bestseller jetzt verfilmt als »Der Mauretanier« mit Tahar Ramin, Jodie Foster und Benedict Cumberbatch.Todesdrohung, Gewaltanwendung, sexueller Missbrauch: Mohamedou Slahis Geständnis wurde unter Folter erpresst. Er galt jahrelang als einer der Hauptverdächtigen der Anschläge vom 11. September. Doch obwohl ein Gericht bereits 2010 seine Freilassung angeordnet hatte, blieb er bis zum Oktober 2016 inhaftiert. Sein ergreifender Bericht ist die bisher einzige bekannte Chronik eines Guantanamo-Gefangenen, die in der Haft verfasst wurde. Ein schockierend authentischer Bericht, der erstmals in der von US-Behörden unzensierten Fassung vorliegt.Slahis Gefangenschaft dokumentiert fast ein ganzes Jahrzehnt des amerikanischen »Kriegs gegen den Terror«. Donald Rumsfeld – mit der Akte »Slahi« vertraut – autorisierte die Behörden, den mutmaßlichen Al-Qaida- Verschwörer intensiven Verhören zu unterziehen – und nahm dabei auch Folterungen in Kauf. Im Jahr 2005 begann Slahi, seine Geschichte niederzuschreiben, doch erst zehn Jahre später konnten seine Anwälte eine Veröffentlichung seiner Aufzeichnungen in zensierter Form erwirken. Nach seiner Freilassung 2016 füllte Slahi die geschwärzten Stellen seines emotionalen, stets um Fairness bemühten Berichts über Entführungen und Folter durch Geheimdienste und Militärs und verleiht so seinen Mitgefangenen und Peinigern ein glaubwürdiges Profil, das von Machtmissbrauch und Menschlichkeit erzählt.