I feel grateful and indebted to the people who have stood by me. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Feel Copy Share Image
If you don't know somebody, you just don't know him, and there is no changing it. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Changing Copy Share Image
I don't have a problem with black people - half my country is black people! — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Black Copy Share Image
I have come to learn that goodness is transnational, transcultural, and trans-ethnic. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Come Copy Share Image
I have only written what I experienced, what I saw, what I learned first-hand. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Experienced Copy Share Image
I'm threatened because of the amount of information I've provided to the United States. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Because Copy Share Image
How can I render uninterrupted interrogation that has been lasting the last 7 years? That's like asking Charlie Sheen how many women… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi He Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm stupid, I don't know. I went to the police and said, 'Why do you want me?' They said, 'Please don't… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Maybe Copy Share Image
I trusted the American justice system too much, and shared that trust with people from European countries. We all have an idea… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi American Copy Share Image
There is no war between Muslims and Americans. There is no war between Americans and the poor people in the world. There… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Islam Copy Share Image
No matter how bad you make the torture scenes, the reality was much worse. Because you cannot put on screen 70 days… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Bad Copy Share Image
Detainees were not allowed to talk to each other, but we enjoyed looking at each other. The punishment for talking was hanging… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Detainees Copy Share Image
I believe the U.S. government owes it to the American people to tell them the truth about what is happening in Guantanamo. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi American Copy Share Image
Many nights I wake up not able to breathe. I think I'm in Guantanamo Bay. I'm crying and shouting and making it… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Breathe Copy Share Image
Everything a detainee says is classified. Detainees cannot talk to you. They cannot talk to anyone. They cannot challenge, in a meaningful… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Detainees Copy Share Image
When I came to Afghanistan, I couldn't choose the training camp; al Qaeda and the Arabs ran the camps. I said, 'Hey,… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Afghanistan Copy Share Image
Humiliation, sexual harassment, fear and starvation was the order of the day until around 10 P. M. Interrogators made sure that I… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Day Copy Share Image
I first came into the radar of the U.S. intelligence when I received a call from my cousin Mahfouz. It was 1999.… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Father Copy Share Image
They dedicated the whole time until around Nov. 10, 2003 to questioning me about Canada and Sept. 11; they didn't ask me… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Canada Copy Share Image
“So why was I so scared? Because crime is something relative; it’s something the government defines and re-defines whenever it pleases. The… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Breaking the law Copy Share Image
Man, just give me a couple of million dollars and let me go on my own, and I will be just fine. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Give me Copy Share Image
English accepts more curses than any other language, and I soon learned to curse with the commoners. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Curse Copy Share Image
I felt bad for everybody I hurt with my false testimonies. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Bad Copy Share Image
I believed excessively in Conspiracy Theories - though maybe not as much as the U.S. government does. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Believed Copy Share Image
People with hatred have always something to get off their chests, but I wasn't ready to be that drain. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Always Copy Share Image
Gitmo is everywhere in the world. We need to raise awareness of illegal prisons in Middle East, Asia, and Africa. This needs… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Attention Copy Share Image
It is the taste of helplessness when you see your beloved fading away like a dream and you cannot help him. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Cannot Copy Share Image
I would like to believe the majority of Americans want to see justice done, and they are not interested in financing the… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Believe Copy Share Image
I have never felt as violated in myself as I had since the DoD team started to torture me to get me… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Done Copy Share Image
Writing is like driving a car. Writing the beats of a screenplay? It's like driving a rover on Mars. You have to… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Car Copy Share Image
The U.S. bet its last penny on violence as the magic solution for every problem, and so the country is losing friends… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Day Copy Share Image
I'm afraid to apply for a visa to the U.S.A. because it's against terrorism in a very undemocratic way. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Afraid Copy Share Image
I had nothing in my cell. Most of the time I recited the Quran. The rest of the time I was speaking… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Life Copy Share Image
And when 9/11 came, that was open season to violate human rights. And that's how I was kidnapped. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Human Copy Share Image
But when you embrace your weakness, that's when you become strong. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Become Copy Share Image
