Hisham Matar

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My father, the political dissident Jaballa Matar, disappeared from his home in Cairo in March 1990.

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Like all novelists, I’m interested in the filters between reality and the imagination.

To me, writing is like singing in the most inappropriate place, singing as beautifully as you can on a bus or in a bank, where people least expect it, and trying to get them to want to listen.

April 30, 2024

To me, writing is like singing in the most inappropriate place, singing as beautifully as you can on a bus or in a bank, where people least expect it, and trying to get them to want to listen.

April 30, 2024

My father, the political dissident Jaballa Matar, disappeared from his home in Cairo in March 1990.

Hisham Matar

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Like all novelists, I’m interested in the filters between reality and the imagination.

To me, writing is like singing in the most inappropriate place, singing as beautifully as you can on a bus or in a bank, where people least expect it, and trying to get them to want to listen.

To me, writing is like singing in the most inappropriate place, singing as beautifully as you can on a bus or in a bank, where people least expect it, and trying to get them to want to listen.

Like all novelists, I’m interested in the filters between reality and the imagination.

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