Victoria Brittain

Moazzam Begg

Presents the experiences of Begg, a British citizen of Pakistani descent, focusing on his life from 2002, when he was taken by the CIA from his home in Islamabad, through his subsequent two-year imprisonment in Guantâanamo, to his release in 2005.

My Imprisonment at Guantánamo, Bagram, and Kandahar

Enemy Combatant

When Enemy Combatant was first published in the United States in hardcover in 2006 it garnered sensational reviews, and its author was featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, on National Public Radio, and on ABC News. A second generation British Muslim, Begg had been held by the U.S. military for more than three years before being released without charge in January of 2005. His memoir is the first published account by a Guantánamo detainee of life inside the infamous prison. Writing in the Washington Post Book World, Jane Mayer described Enemy Combatant as “fascinating . . . Begg provides some ideological counterweight to the one–sided spin coming from the U.S. government. He writes passionately and personally, stripping readers of the comforting lie that somehow the detainees aren’t really like us, with emotional attachments, intellectual interests and fully developed humanity.” Recommended by the Financial Times and Tikkun magazine and a ColorLines Editors’ Pick of Post–9/11 Books, Enemy Combatant is “a forcefully told, up-to-the-minute political story . . . necessary reading for people on all sides of the issue” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram, and Kandahar

Tayyibah S

The autobiography of the survivor Moazzam Begg, who was illegally detained in Guantanamo Bay, one of the world's most notorious prison camps. This book really gave an insight to what injustice occurred after 9/11 to many Muslims - mainly focusing on the Muslims in Pakistan but also in Britain. It reminds me a lot of the unfair detainment of Nelson Mandela and is really insightful as well. Despite the seriousness, Moazzam Begg is able to input his humour and comedy within this thrilling book.

Enemy Combatant My Imprisonment at Guantánamo, Bagram, and Kandahar

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