Abbasi, Feroz Ali - short clip - EnduringGuantanamo

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-	First thing that will keep you going,	0:00
	not the first thing in terms of importance, just...	0:03
	In a sense of chronologically maybe,	0:11
	is your innocence.	0:14
	[Interviewer] Hmm.	0:15
-	Because an innocent man incarcerated,	0:16
	that keeps you buoyed in a way,	0:21
	it keeps your head up,	0:23
	keeps a sense of your self-respect.	0:25
	You feel that you're being mistreated, unjustly,	0:27
	and injustice won't last	0:32
	and he won't get his way.	0:34
	The truth will prevail in that way,	0:36
	that's the first thing, chronologically.	0:38
	The second thing is...	0:42
	You know it's...	0:48
	You can look at it in many different levels	0:50
	but...	0:52
	On a personal level,	0:57
	I saw it as this is what	0:58
	Allah's decreed from me,	1:03
	what God has decreed for me,	1:04
	there's a reason for him decreeing this for me	1:06
	and you know you can't...	1:08
	There's a wisdom and mercy behind it	1:10
	and I don't understand it,	1:12
	I don't understand why I'm going through this situation	1:13
	but I know that there's a reason why God has put me here	1:16
	and through this situation.	1:20
	In that way you have to humble yourself.	1:21

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Title:

Abbasi, Feroz Ali - short clip - EnduringGuantanamo

Date:

August 7, 2010

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Abbasi, Feroz Ali

Role:

Detainee

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Detainee Number US9UK-000024DP
Feroz Ali Abbasi, male, age 30, British, was detained in Guantanamo from January 10, 2002 until January 25, 2005, when he was returned to Britain.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

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Format:

oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

2:18:44

Digital Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo

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Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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