Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel

Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1977

Place of Birth: Ta'izz, Ta'izz Governorate, Yemen

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel is a citizen of Yemen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internee Security Number was 043. The Department of Defense reports Moqbel was born on December 1, 1977, in Taiz, Yemen. On April 15, 2013, the New York Times published an Op-ed by Moqbel titled "Gitmo is killing me".
In it he described that he would not eat "until they restore my dignity." He wrote that he had lost 30 pounds and described how it feels being force fed.
"As it was thrust in, it made me feel like throwing up.
I wanted to vomit, but I couldn't," Moqbel wrote.
"There was agony in my chest, throat and stomach.
I had never experienced such pain before.
I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone." His Op-Ed stirred wide commentary.In January 2016, Moqbel was among 10 Yemeni detainees that were transferred and resettled in Oman.