Qasem, Abubakir - short clip - nofuture

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	(man speaks in foreign language)	0:00
Translator	The benefit of it,	0:04
	the positive came out of my experience	0:06
	in Guantanamo is I have learned to be patient.	0:09
	I learned the patience down there,	0:13
	it changed me in that way.	0:16
	I became a lot more patient,	0:18
	and the worst effect in my life is basically	0:21
	my future is gone because of this.	0:27
	When people look at us, they don't look at	0:32
	my 36 years of life prior to Guantanamo.	0:37
	They'll look at my four years of life in Guantanamo.	0:41
	Doesn't matter what they say,	0:45
	they say that I am innocent,	0:46
	they released me and all that.	0:48
	But when people hear that I have been to Guantanamo,	0:50
	they look at me differently.	0:54
	Some people don't even say hi	0:55
	to me because they know that I was in Guantanamo.	0:57
	So this Guantanamo,	1:00
	this name became a big black stamp in my head.	1:03
	A lot of people judge me because of that.	1:07
	All this like terrorists in Guantanamo, this and that.	1:09
	And people take a cautious,	1:13
	and my future,	1:16
	whatever I want to do,	1:17
	this is really affecting my future.	1:19
	So that makes me sad.	1:22
	When I think about how my future is gone now	1:24
	because of that,	1:27
	my life in Guantanamo.	1:28

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Title:

Qasem, Abubakir - short clip - nofuture

Date:

August 4, 2009

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Qasem, Abubakir

Role:

Detainee

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Detainee Number US9CH-000283DP
Abubakir Qasem, male, age 40, a Uyghur from the Xinjiang autonomous region, was detained in Guantanamo from June 8, 2002 until May 5, 2006, when he was released to Albania.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

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Format:

oral histories

Language:

Uighur; Uyghur

Extent:

2:15:45

Digital Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo

Source Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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