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b'Mansoor Adayfi was only 19 when he arrived at the prison camp at the Guanta\\u0301namo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Growing up in a tiny village in the mountains of Yemen, \\u201cI didn\\u2019t know much about the world,\\u201d he said. \\u201cNow my world was Guanta\\u0301namo.\\u201d\\n\\nFor a period during his 14 years there, he and his fellow detainees organized informal classes for one another. There was a cooking class, taught by a former chef. In a marriage class, they learned about love. They shared their views on how men should treat women, they discussed what it would feel like to meet the person you love, and they even simulated an engagement and wedding celebration. \\u201cI have never been in love, but now I could feel its sweetness,\\u201d Mansoor said.\\n\\nToday, we listen to Mansoor\\u2019s essay and then hear an update from him. Since Guanta\\u0301namo, he said he has experienced one of the best moments of his life \\u2014 and one of the most painful. He talks to our host, Anna Martin, about what he would now teach others about the art of love.\\n\\nMansoor Adayfi is the author of \\u201cDon\\u2019t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guant\\xe1namo."'