Diary

Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been imprisoned at Guantánamo since 2002 without charges.

US censors make 2,500 cuts to first-ever published diary by Guantanamo detainee

January 22, 2015Books

The word ”tears” and a poem were among the things the Washington censored in the diary of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay without charge since 2002. His memoir took six years to get published.

Teen Diaries and the Power of Being Your Own Storyteller

August 15, 2013

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