The fear that “they” would come for me grew by the day, and suddenly, they knocked on my door. Growing up, I felt more and more alienated and joined a resistance movement to stand up against the far-right movement in the UK. Following years of resistance, I moved with my family to Afghanistan to work with girls' education. After the US-led invasion, I had to flee the fighting. Without any charges, they arrested me and took me to the Bagram Theater Internment Facility as a labeled “terror suspect”. There, I experienced torture, confinement, and inhumanity to a level I could have never imagined. I felt abandoned, abused, and lonely as the months went by, especially as a UK citizen completely neglected by my own government. My desire to see my family again and hold my never-seen son grew as their methods became increasingly inhumane. They transferred me to Guantanamo, where I was held until my release in 2005. Hear how coming home as a free man presented new challenges of reintegrating with my family and society, a society that I would never look at in the same way again. Seeing my father's engagement in my release campaign helped me face my own anger from years of unlawful detention and abuse. Learn how I started processing my suppressed emotions and how support from another former detainee helped me find good use for my emotions through advocacy. Many tried to live ordinary lives and put their experiences behind them, but for me, I felt that my path had led me to advocate for freedom and equality to help us move beyond the polarized society I had seen the worst of.