A promise… before the departure Episode 1 I hadn't had enough of him.. my sore eyes didn't get enough of his sight... the days went by fast I tried to hold on to them but they fell like sand grains through my fingures They were difficult days subjected to a systematized torture ritual the American military, CIA, FBI, psychological scientists participated in it starvation deprivation of sleep and medications exchange between extreme hot and extreme cold using sexual lure beatings being tied in fetal positions for up to 36 hours I didn't imagine that one day I could reveal to the world Guantanamo's secrets the last days in Guantanamo were the most difficult my patient was not for my durability but for it was Allah's mercy but what I really worried about was: will I be able to see my parents again? this feeling was painful I asked Allah many times to get me out as soon as possible so I would be able to see my parents again praise to Allah, He answered my prayers and I saw my father and after a very short time, I was in rehabilitation... before I finished my rehab, I stayed in rehabilitation for about 6 months I hadn't left rehabilitation when my father feelt ill, and he went to London to run some tests and they said that he had cancer so he stayed in London, I left rehabilitation and got home but my father wasn't there my mother wasn't there either she was with him in London they stayed there for months and I asked Allah incessantly to reunite us again for Your good graces, all the pains of the jails and what they entail become insignificant, all the pain of the prisons In [his] last days I felt... I felt like I was racing the clock I was afraid that my father may die especially that I had seen a vision and knew from it that his death was closer My brothers and I were racing the clock to take care of this kind father whose efforts we could not repay till he asked me, his final request which was the reason I'm recording this documentary he told me: Fayez I said: yes dad he told me: you didn't tell me everything that happened... when I get better... I want you to tell me everything I told him: I promise... if you get better I will tell you the entire story, beginning to end but God chose him he didn't get better I ask Allah to have mercy on his soul he came to You with tearful eyes in the darkest of nights, to You... but [today] I say.. I'm going to fulfill my promise and I will narrate everything, from beginning to end My name is Fayez Mohamed Ahmed Al-Kanderi I was held captive in Guantanamo since I was 28 years old and I stayed there for 14 years, now I'm 42 years old these clothes themselves were a charge the American media was able to convince people that these clothes convicted this person but today.. I will talk about this human, wearing these clothes and the reality of this person and the conditions he endured during the 14 years the torture, the insulting and the degrading While we were washing him (before the burial service) the events of my story with him and the pain he endured with me, flashed infront of my eyes like a movie Fayez is the eldest of his father's sons, and the eldest always has a special place and I felt that from Fayez's father (God rest his soul) In our family, Fayez's father (God rest his soul) and his mother... I think they were crying for 14 years without a sound we didn't hear them but we were able to see their grief and sorrow He would follow all the details, always asking me what did Fayez and what did you tell him When we put him in the grave and I threw the sand ontop of him (in order to bury him) I remembered his words... when he would protest and carry a sign written on it: "I want my son to burry me, I don't want to burry my son" In every protest I saw in my uncle's eyes (Fayez's father) as if he were soley responisbile to get his son out what are you doing exactly? what are you doing? You're cheating not just the State Security but the whole team who was responsible for this case did their best to hurry the procedures to have more meetings with the American side sit with them and give them assurances The Kuwaiti delegation in last days, as Allah is my witness and prophet Mohamed said:" he who doesn't thank people doesn't thank Allah"... and all my brothers suffering with me in captivity attested to this too especially in the last 2 years and every time they asked my parents if they wanted to send me anything may Allah grant them good, my family and the delegation and my father, may Allah rest his soul was keen on sending all I asked for to the Kuwaiti delegation everything May God rest his soul so the Kuwaiti delegation would come with a huge bag and this was an unusual thing in Guantanamo they didn't easily agree to it I would take it, and my family sent it to all the brothers [with me] so I would become very happy hearing the prayers (from the brothers for my family) Even though the weather was extremely hot, he felt that there was something he needed to achieve, his son's release Fayez's father was very dear to me, Allah rest his soul, thank God he was able to see Fayez before he died this was an important point, for me personally, because I got to know this man as I called him the kindest man he was a great gentleman God granted him his wish and He granted me mine I got to see this kind father who did not show me anyhing other than love and mercy his entire life I am no longer 552 living in Guantanamo, today I am Fayez Mohamed Al-Kanderi and I'm going to illustrate for you the reality of the 14 years I spent in Guantanamo