This is a HEAVY book. Made lighter knowing Mohamedou has been free for six years now. Kidnapped and held without charges or evidence from 2001-2016, tortured, had his religion demonized and criminalized. He still manages to crack jokes and forgive his kidnappers. He is free from Guantánamo now, but still does not have all his freedoms and rights honoured. Slahi's passport has never been returned to him as promised. Though he committed no crimes and was wrongfully imprisoned for fourteen years, he is still not able to leave Mauritania for any reason. He has desires to leave to get medical treatment for health conditions and to visit his son in Germany.

It's important to note that Mohamedou Ould Slahi's diary has been re-released without redactions in a later published edition.

content warnings for: sexual threats, sexual harassment, physical and mental torture, wrongful imprisonment, racism, militarism, nationalism, homophobic comments.