The moving， eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Guant�namo Bay for 14 years: a story of humanity in the unlikeliest of places and an unprecedented look at life at Guant�namo on the eve of its 20th anniversaryAt the age of 18， Mansoor Adayfi left his home in Yemen for a cultural mission to Afghanistan。 He never returned。 Kidnapped by warlords and then sold to the US after 9/11， he was disappeared to Guant�namo Bay， where he spent the next 14 years as Detainee #441。Don't Forget Us Here tells two coming-of-age stories in parallel: a makeshift island outpost becoming the world's most notorious prison and an innocent young man emerging from its darkness。 Arriving as a stubborn teenager， Mansoor survived the camp's infamous interrogation program and became a feared and hardened resistance fighter leading prison riots and hunger strikes。 With time though， he grew into the man nicknamed "Smiley Troublemaker" a student， writer， advocate， and historian。 While at Guant�namo， he wrote a series of manuscripts he sent as letters to his attorneys， which he then transformed into this vital chronicle， in collaboration with award-winning writer Antonio Aiello。 With unexpected warmth and empathy， Mansoor unwinds a narrative of fighting for hope and survival in unimaginable circumstances， illuminating the limitlessness of the human spirit。 And through his own story， he also tells Guant�namo's story， offering an unprecedented window into one of the most secretive places on earth and the people--detainees and guards alike--who lived there with him。Twenty years after 9/11， Guant�namo remains open， and at a moment of due reckoning， Mansoor Adayfi helps us understand what actually happened there--both the horror and the beauty--a stunning record of an experience we cannot afford to forget。