Mahvish Rukhsana Khan Explained

Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
Birth Date:8 July 1978
Birth Place:Michigan, U.S.[1]
Occupation:Lawyer, writer
Education:University of Michigan (BA)
University of Miami (JD)

Mahvish Rukhsana Khan (born July 8, 1978)[2] is a Pashtun-American lawyer and writer.[3] [4] [5]

She graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government and from the University of Miami School of Law with a Juris Doctor.[6]

While still in law school at the University of Miami, Khan, who speaks Pashto, and whose parents are Pashtun, worked as an interpreter for defense attorneys representing detainees held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[7] After visiting the military base, she wrote of her experiences in The Washington Post in 2006.[3] That article was later expanded into a book, ,[4] published in 2008 by PublicAffairs.

On February 25, 2010, Daily Times, a Pakistani newspaper, published an excerpt from her book, where she describes meeting Ali Shah Mousovi – the first captive she met.[8] She reported that Mousavi told her of having faced serious abuse, including a week of confinement in a coffin-sized box, beatings, stress positions, and being soaked with freezing cold water.

Khan is now providing supervised legal counsel for one Afghan detainee at Guantanamo.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150910100610/https://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/1591/mahvish-khan Mahvish Biography
  2. United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Florida, 2007)
  3. News: My Guantanamo Diary: Face to Face With the War on Terrorism. B01. Washington Post . Mahvish Khan . Mahvish Khan . April 30, 2006. January 19, 2008.
  4. News: Review: Translator gives an inside view in 'My Guantanamo Diary' . . Nathaniel French . June 22, 2008 . June 22, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080809055625/http://www.tampabay.com/features/books/article629508.ece . August 9, 2008.
  5. News: WikiLeaks: Ethics to what extent? . . August 1, 2010 . C. Cem Oguz . August 2, 2010 . Much to her surprise, Khan soon discovered many of the detainees she encountered were merely average citizens handed over to U.S. authorities, often by bounty hunters. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100904024713/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=wikileaks-ethics-to-what-extent-2010-08-01 . September 4, 2010.
  6. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahvish-rukhsana-khan-8a72b5163 LinkedIn Profile
  7. News: UM Law alumna Mahvish Rukhsana Khan authors book about Guantanamo Bay . https://web.archive.org/web/20080817082735/http://www.law.miami.edu/news.php?article=1015 . dead . August 17, 2008 . University of Miami School of Law . May 7, 2010.
  8. News: Detainee dilemma. Daily Times (Pakistan). February 25, 2010. Mahvish Khan. He described how he was beaten regularly by Americans in civilian clothing. More painful than the bruises and wounds that covered his body were the unbroken days and nights without sleep. Tape recordings of screeching sirens blared through the speakers that soldiers placed by his ears. His head throbbed. Whenever he managed, mercifully, to doze off, he would be startled awake by wooden clubs striking loud blows against the wall. He recalled the sting as he was repeatedly doused with ice water. He said he was not allowed to sit down for two weeks straight. At some point his legs felt like wet noodles; when they gave out, he was beaten and forced to stand back up. He could not remember how many times this happened..
  9. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92744955 Interpreter Details Detention In 'My Guantanamo'

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