23 December 2022 — I was contacted by Sofiane Berhoumi, a former political prisoner, illegally held at Guantanamo Bay military prison camp for nearly 20 years, finally freed to his native home of Algeria in April 2022. Sofiane Berhoumi was born in 1973 to a lower middle-class Algiers family. His father, Muhammad Berhoumi (1941-2004), was a self-employed lawyer, and his mother, Baya Arabi, a French-educated full-time mother. Upon graduating from secondary school, Berhoumi progressed to higher education while equally setting his sights on a career in sports. Most who were brought to Guantanamo were rounded up because of empowered native bounty hunters eager to claim their cash reward.