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The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
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July 2008
On Sale: June 23, 2008
320 pages
ISBN: 1586484982
EAN: 9781586484989
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
Mahvish Khan is an American lawyer, born to immigrant
Afghan parents in Michigan. Outraged that her country was
illegally imprisoning people at Guantanamo, 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 Mahvish Khan the experience was a validation of her
Afghan heritage—as well as her American freedoms, which
allowed her to intervene at Guantanamo purely out of her
sense that it was the right thing to do. Mahvish Khan's
story is a challenging, brave, and essential test of who
she is —and who we are.
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