Sharif Fati Ali Al Mishad

Sharif Fati Ali Al Mishad also known as Sherif el Mashad is a citizen of Egypt who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 190. Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts report he was born on December 14, 1976, in Shibin El Kom, Egypt.

Life prior to his capture

According to Andy Worthington, the author of The Guantanamo Files, Mashad was a businessman, who had made his home in Italy, who had travelled to Afghanistan solely to provide humanitarian aid. He had been a talented athlete and craftsman. He worked at Beach resorts in Sinai for three years, after graduating from technical school, then went to live in Italy with an uncle who was an Italian citizen. After working in construction in Italy he started his own successful construction firm

Afghanistan and capture and interrogation

Worthington describes Mashad agreeing to travel to Afghanistan to work with a Kuwaiti businessman and philanthropist. In response, on 16 August 2005 the Department of Defense released 17 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

On December 15, 2004 Tribunal panel 25 confirmed that he was an "enemy combatant".

Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control

In April 2010 the whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published a Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control, dated September 15, 2008. This eight page formerly secret document was signed by camp commandant David M Thomas, and recommended continued detention.

Transfer from Guantanamo

Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad was transferred to Albania in February 2010 after he spent almost eight years in the Guantanamo camps.

In March 2012 Albania refused to let Mashad return to his home Egypt. Following the overthrow of the Hosni Mubarak regime former Egyptian captives who feared reprisal and who were thus sent to third countries, have been assured it is now safe for them to return to Egypt. Albanian officials have not explained why they will not allow him to leave. His Albanian born wife is also prevented from leaving the country, even though she has a valid visa for Egypt.