Mohamedou Ould Slahi

«Guantánamo Diary – Live Streamed from Nouakchott»

La Société de Lecture est heureuse de vous convier à une rencontre avec Mohamedou Ould Slahi (en anglais).

Mohamedou Ould Slahi is the author of an internationally bestselling memoir that gave details of the torture he endured as a detainee in Guantánamo Bay. This electrical engineer and telecommunications specialist was held at Guantánamo without charge between August 2002 and October 2016. He had fought alongside men who would join al-Qaida in the Islamic guerrillas against the Afghan communist government, but says he renounced the group in the 1990s. After the 9/11 attacks, he was questioned in his country, Mauritania, and was subsequently rendered to Jordan, Afghanistan and then to Guantánamo Bay. His memoir about that time, Guantánamo Diary (Larry Siems, 2015) has been published in 29 countries and 26 languages. The film The Mauritanian (2021) directed by Kevin Macdonald was based on his book. Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim give impeccable performances in this moving legal thriller.

L’entretien sera mené par Philippe Mottaz, journaliste and fondateur de The Geneva Observer.

Free screening of «The Mauritanian» (129 min.) at the Société de Lecture, Monday 9 May at 7.30 pm and Friday 13 May at 12.15 pm.

Crédit photo: © D.R. / Comité International de la Croix-Rouge

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