Behind Black Bars

Welcome! I am Madelaine FB and this is my blog. I hope you readers enjoy my take on Mohamedou Ould Slahi's Guatanamo Diary. It was an...

Pg: "Almost" every single one This is far from being a quote and to tell you the truth, the black lines you see here are the wonderful...

Pg 309, Ebook Edition “Honor bound to defend freedom” “Honor bound to defend freedom” has more significance than being the ironic and a...

Pg 318, Ebook Edition But I found in chess a very interesting game, especially that a prisoner has total control over his pieces, which...

Pg 104, Ebook Edition A Mauritanian folktale tells us about a rooster-probe who would almost lose his mind whenever he encountered a...

Guantánamo Diary gives an intimate view of Mohamedou's experience of being condemned without reason. He is subjected to torture,...

Pg: To many to count “What have I done” With every interrogation scene comes a “what have I done?”, with every torture scene comes a...

Pg 57, Ebook Edition Suddenly, I saw the weathered feet of a detainee whose face I couldn’t see because it was covered by a black bag....

7:05, Düsseldorf, Germany Something happened today. You know, dear readers, how I never miss an opportunity to pick up the daily Der...

6:47, Düsseldorf, Germany For anyone wondering, this is pretty much the most personal blog I’ll ever write. I won’t disclose any names,...