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    <body><![CDATA[Much more of a personal impressionistic account of Guantanamo than a comprehensive look at any cases or issues involved. The author is a young idealistic law student from an immigrant Afghan family who volunteered as an interpreter for the lawyers working with Afghans imprisoned on the base. She was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64478508">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely recommend to everyone--whether you're American or not, whether you're a Democrat, Republican, Independent, whether you're very political or apolitical.  This story is not a story meant to shock, meant to entice, meant to thrill.  It's a story intended to expose the harsh realities of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45271055">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me angry. It was written by an Afghan-American law student who served as an interpreter for attorneys helping Guantánamo detainees make habeas appeals. Their stories include accounts intense brutality and inhumane treatment, and vehement assertions of innocence. And they are really q...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59316224">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An eye-opener! I really liked this book, the author's writing style is very engaging and it truly opened my eyes to the injustices and horrors of Guantanamo Bay. Most of the detainees do not give many details of the torture they receive (it's humiliating for them), but what they do tell you is very ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39690690">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're interested in getting the perspective of a novice lawyer working for habeas rights of Guantanamo detainees I highly recommend this book. The author talks about her experience meeting with a dozen detainees- most if not all of whom were wrongly snatched up because of local political clashes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49342333">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want to go beyond the news articles and what politicians are saying about this infamous prison of so-called terrorists, read this book. When you start seeing the detainees are real people with wives, daughters, families who love them, and hear their stories of being caught up in the U.S. raid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72441560">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mahvish Khan writes from in between two often opposing beliefs.  On the one hand, she believes in law, in rights, in the goodness of the country to which she and her parents have emigrated, in the possibility of getting a fair trial for the prisoners she meets and represents.  In other words, her na...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33769674">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Four stars means &quot;I really liked it,&quot; but there is nothing to like here.  Mahvish Rukhsana Khan worked as interpreter for lawyers at Guantanamo prison in 2006 &amp; 2007.  As an American, a lawyer, and a person of Afghani descent, she brings scholarly, practical, and cultural knowledge to her ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28488896">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[was interesting and illuminating, but I think SOME of the detainees must have been imprisoned for legitimate reasons. And it's also possible that some of the detainees were not being entirely forthcoming about illegal actions to their habeas corpus lawyers, an idea that Khan seems not to have entert...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44958432">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was shocked by what goes on in Gitmo. And I feel discouraged that the American government is doing this.  It's no wonder we rarely hear about the prison in the media.  I wish more people would read this book and something more could be done.  This is definitely an embarrassing time to be an Americ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38022332">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that all Americans should read.  However, the descriptions of the torture and humiliations forced on these prisoners, many of whom appear to be innocent, are very hard to take.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting book. Easy read, written in the form of a personal journal yet very insightful and informative on the real tragic storied of Guantanamo. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a well written account of some of the lives and processes of Guantanamo.  These stories put a face on prisoners and tells a version of the story.  It makes me question if Churchills quote of &quot;You can count on the Americans to do the right thing&quot; is true any longer.  We certainly h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36806630">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to say I will never think of Guantanamo Bay and those held there the same.  Or I should say I will think of Guantanamo Bay now because I have read this book. I knew it existed but I never realized what a horrible thing we started by just shipping people there and then never giving them a tria...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34688689">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I expected a bit more harshness from this book or perhaps some more grit.  The narrative element was fascinating and the relationships intriguing.  I didn't get a sense of how the author grew -- she failed to convey any sense of inner change as a result of her legal project, even as she cast herself...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28419156">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written by a friend of mine from elementary/middle school- it was interesting to hear how things have changed in her life since 1993 and all the amazing things she has been involved in.  Not the best writing but definitely informative and interesting. ]]></body>
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