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How Fragile We Are: Hisham Matar’s My Friends

How Fragile We Are: Hisham Matar’s My Friends

Adib Rahhal reviews Hisham Matar's latest novel, in which the precariousness of existence and Libya serve as springboards.

MARCH 25, 2024 • By Adib Rahhal
Libya’s Censored Novelist, Mohammed al-Naas, Revealed

Libya’s Censored Novelist, Mohammed al-Naas, Revealed

Ghazi Gheblawi talks to young Libyan novelist Mohammed al-Naas, presently working out of Tunisia.

JULY 18, 2022 • By Ghazi Gheblawi
Mohammed al-Naas—a Young Libyan Novelist to Watch

Mohammed al-Naas—a Young Libyan Novelist to Watch

Ghazi Gheblawi   In 2017 Darf Publishers, an independent publishing company based in London, where I am a...

JULY 18, 2022 • By Ghazi Gheblawi
From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea

From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea

Rana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching...

NOVEMBER 29, 2021 • By TMR
Libya’s Exiled Satirist, Hasan “Alsatoor” Dhaimish

Libya’s Exiled Satirist, Hasan “Alsatoor” Dhaimish

During the long Gaddafi years, Libya produced many exiles, among them the satirical cartoonist and illustrator Hasan “Alsatoor”...

AUGUST 15, 2021 • By
Why Non-Arabs Should Read Hisham Matar’s “The Return”

Why Non-Arabs Should Read Hisham Matar’s “The Return”

Jordan Elgrably finds that the family memoir of a Libyan American is one that we can all identity...

AUGUST 3, 2017 • By Jordan Elgrably
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