Guantánamo: Mohamedou Ould Slahi & Larry Siems in Conversation with Adriana E. Ramirez

In 2015, when Mohamedou Ould Slahi was in his 13^th year of detention in Guantánamo, City of Asylum hosted journalist and human rights advocate Larry Siems, editor of Mohamedou’s recently published and internationally-acclaimed Guantánamo Diary—a book which recounted his “endless world tour” of detention and interrogation. Mohamedou has been a free man for eight years. He’s the recipient of many international honors and human rights awards, he travels and collaborates with arts and rights organizations throughout Europe, and he’s a brand new citizen of the Netherlands…but he’s still barred from traveling to the United States. Undeterred, he joins us live from Amsterdam for a discussion with Larry Siems which will be moderated by award-winning nonfiction writer, storyteller, critic, and performance poet, Adriana E. Ramírez. The discussion will focus on creativity, resistance, the ongoing dark legacy of the prison camp in Guantánamo, and our never-finished, collective journey to freedom.