A memoir serialised by the Guardian tells how Guantánamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi endured savage beatings, death threats and sexual humiliation
March 2021
The Mauritanian review – fence-sitting Guantánamo drama provides few answers
‘We don’t live in a world of goodies and baddies, do we?’ The true story behind The Mauritanian
Today in Focus
The lawyer who fought to free Guantánamo's highest-value detainee
Today in Focus
Guantánamo’s highest-value detainee and the guard who befriended him
February 2021
The Guardian documentary
My Brother’s Keeper: a former Guantánamo detainee, his guard and their unlikely friendship
The Guardian documentary
My Brother’s Keeper: a former Guantánamo detainee, his guard and their unlikely friendship - video
March 2019
Guantánamo Diary author 'blocked from travelling for medical treatment'
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was released from Guantánamo Bay in 2016 after 14 years in detention without charge, has been refused a passport to leave Mauritania
May 2016
With my brother in Guantánamo Bay, the heart of my family is missing
Yahdih Ould Salahi
He will now have his case reviewed. We are desperately hoping that we can finally welcome Mohamedou back home
September 2015
The 2015 Samuel Johnson prize longlist – in pictures
Guantánamo Diary author makes Samuel Johnson prize longlist
June 2015
Green Zone producers option Guantánamo Diary
Current Guantánamo inmate Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s’s account of imprisonment, abuse and torture acquired by Hollywood producers
February 2015
Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi review – the global war on terror has found its true witness
An extraordinary account of rendition, captivity and torture reveals the radicalisation of the US military-intellectual complex
Guantánamo Diary reading: 'Slahi has written himself out of invisibility'
Writer rendered his words redacted, but actors, artists, authors and attorneys came together in New York to bring Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s account to life
Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi review – devastating, enraging, and funny
A memoir of a Guantànamo detainee’s appalling experiences is full of intelligence and sardonic humour. It is also a grim warning, writes Shami Chakrabarti
January 2015
Guantánamo Diary: Prisoner's journey from detainee to bestselling author
The Guardian Books podcast
Guantánamo Diary: Brian Eno reads an extract – podcast
The Guardian Books podcast
Guantánamo Diary: Shami Chakrabarti reads an extract – podcast
The Guardian Books podcast
Guantánamo Diary: Stephen Fry reads an extract – podcast
The Guardian Books podcast
Guantánamo Diary: Dominic West reads an extract – podcast
The Guardian Books podcast
Guantánamo Diary: Benedict Cumberbatch reads an extract – podcast
