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1. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Mauritanian by Mohamedou Ould Slahi - Goodreads

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   Jan 20, 2015 · Mohamedou Ould Slahi. 4.10. 5,575 ratings722 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Nonfiction (2015) This "profound and disturbing" (New York Times Book Review) bestseller written by a Guantánamo prisoner is now a major feature film starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster.

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     Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian citizen who has been...

2. books.google.com › books › aboutThe Mauritanian - Mohamedou Ould Slahi - Google Books

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   The Mauritanian. Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Little Brown, 2021 - Biography & Autobiography - 464 pages. This "profound and disturbing" (New York Times Book Review) bestseller written by a Guantánamo...

3. www.historyvshollywood.com › reelfaces › mauritanianThe Mauritanian vs. the True Story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi

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   • Why Was Mohamedou Ould Slahi Sent to The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp?
   • What Intelligence Evidence Did The U.S. Government Have on Mohamedou Ould Slahi?
   • Did Torture Make Mohamedou Slahi Confess to Things He Didn't do?
   • When Did Lawyer Nancy Hollander Become Involved in Mohamedou Ould Slahi's Case?
   • Does Jodie Foster Portray Nancy Hollander accurately?
   • Did Mohamedou Ould Slahi Write His Memoir While in Guantanamo Bay Prison?
   • Is Zachary Levi's Character, Neil Buckland, Based on A Real person?
   • How Does The Real Mohamedou Ould Slahi Feel About The Movie?
   • How Were They Able to Recreate The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp For The Movie?
   • Is It Possible That Mohamedou Ould Slahi Is Guilty?

   The Mauritanian true story confirms that Slahi was arrested two months after 9/11 in his homeland of Mauritania and taken to three different countries before being sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp (Gitmo) as a result of his past connections to al-Qaeda. Back in December of 1990, Slahi had traveled from Germany (where he had been attending ...

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   In addition to training with al-Qaeda in the early 1990s, there were a number of other red flags that led to Mohamedou Ould Slahi's detention at Guantanamo Bay. They included the following: 1. Slahi's cousin and former brother-in-law Mahfouz Ould al-Walid (aka Abu Hafs al-Mauritania) was a spiritual adviser to Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qae...

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   The Mauritanianfact-check reveals that this is what the real Mohamedou Slahi claimed in a 2006 letter to his lawyers, stating that all of his confessions were the direct result of torture. He said that asking him to recount everything he said during the seven yeasrs of interrogations would be "like asking Charlie Sheen how many women he dated." Sla...

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   Like in the movie, The Mauritaniantrue story confirms that Nancy Hollander (portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie) didn't become involved in Mohamedou Ould Slahi's case until 2005, four years after his arrest. His family had reached out to her for help.

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   Not exactly. Foster told Hollander early on that she wouldn't be mimicking her. During an MPAC discussion, Foster said that she changed some things when creating the character. "I made her a little bit less polite," says Foster. "My Nancy is a little bit ruder than the real Nancy. The real Nancy is quite lovely."

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   Yes. The Mauritanian was adapted from Slahi's memoir, titled Guantanamo Diary, which he began writing in 2005 and finished in 2006, while imprisoned. It was published in 2015 while he was still being detained without charge. Each page of the memoir had to be approved by military censors and there were numerous redactions. He also wrote four other b...

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   No. We found no evidence of a federal agent named Neil Buckland, nor is he mentioned in Mohamedou Ould Slahi's book Guantanamo Diary. As actor Zachary Levi indicated in an interview, Neil Buckland is an amalgamation of all the people who reacted out of fear after 9/11. In the movie, Buckland is dealing with his own trauma from 9/11, which results i...

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   "I don't believe in violence but my whole story was violence against my body, my innocence, members of my family, and I never did anything to the U.S.," Slahi said. "My movie is a victory for nonviolence, it's a victory of the pen." Five years after his release, Slahi continues to be denied entry into the United States and the United Kingdom. He ha...

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   While there's little official information on the detention camp, the real Mohamedou Ould Slahi helped the filmmakers recreate Gitmo. He provided detailed descriptions of his isolation. Having paced the cells, he used his body to give the filmmakers detailed measurements of the small cages and cells he was kept in. The production also relied on agen...

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   While there wasn't ever enough evidence to charge him, there's no denying that Slahi's connections to al-Qaeda were suspicious. From receiving a call that had been traced to Osama bin Laden's satellite phone, to harboring Islamic terrorists overnight in his German residence, to traveling to Canada and attending the same mosque as a man who was caug...

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4. books.google.com › books › aboutThe Mauritanian - Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Larry Siems - Google ...

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   Feb 18, 2021 · The Mauritanian. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Larry Siems. Canongate Books, Feb 18, 2021 - Biography & Autobiography - 464 pages. Previously published as Guantánamo Diary, this momentous account and...

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5. www.hachettebookgroup.com › titles › mohamedou-ouldThe Mauritanian (originally published as Guantánamo Diary)

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   Feb 16, 2021 · This "profound and disturbing" (New York Times Book Review) bestseller written by a Guantánamo prisoner is now a major feature film starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster.

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6. screenrant.com › mauritanian-lingering-questionsThe Mauritanian: Lingering Questions On What Happened Next

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   May 25, 2021 · The Mauritanian tells the true story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, but mostly skips from Slahi's trial to the present day, leaving some lingering questions about what happened in the intervening decade and what is still to come. Some of these questions can be answered through Slahi's book, Guantanamo Diary, which was one of the sources for the film ...

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   Is the Mauritanian a true story?

   • While The Mauritanian is a fictionalized depiction of Slahi's ordeal, the story follows Slahi's autobiographical account closely, and as such the lingering questions about The Mauritanian are largely the lingering questions about his real-life experience. Like other biopics, The Mauritanian makes choices as to what to include and what to omit.

   The Mauritanian: Lingering Questions On What Happened Next

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   What kind of literature does Mauritania have?

   • While written literature in Mauritania is limited, the country has a rich repertoire of oral literature including epics, riddles, folk tales and legends, Islamic poetry and prose. Storytelling is an age-old Mauritanian tradition. The artists and craftsmen of the country are experts at many art and craft forms.

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   Is the Mauritanian based on Slahi's 'Guantanamo Diary'?

   • Yes. The Mauritanian was adapted from Slahi's memoir, titled Guantanamo Diary, which he began writing in 2005 and finished in 2006, while imprisoned. It was published in 2015 while he was still being detained without charge. Each page of the memoir had to be approved by military censors and there were numerous redactions.

   The Mauritanian vs. the True Story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi

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   Feb 18, 2021 · Previously published as Guantanamo Diary, this momentous account and international bestseller is soon to be a major motion picture. The first and only diary written by a Guantanamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previously censored material restored.