Hisham Matar

Born

in New York, NY, The United States

January 01, 1970

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Hisham Matar was born in New York City, where his father was working for the Libyan delegation to the United Nations. When he was three years old, his family went back to Tripoli, Libya, where he spent his early childhood. Due to political persecutions by the Ghaddafi regime, in 1979 his father was accused of being a reactionary to the Libyan revolutionary regime and was forced to flee the country with his family. They lived in exile in Egypt where Hisham and his brother completed their schooling in Cairo. In 1986 he moved to London, United Kingdom, where he continued his studies and received a degree in architecture. In 1990, while he was still in London, his father, a political dissident, was kidnapped in Cairo. He has been reported ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 15,836 ratings · 2,157 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between 4.14 avg rating — 6,996 ratings — published 2016 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Country of Men 3.69 avg rating — 5,253 ratings — published 2006 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anatomy of a Disappearance 3.45 avg rating — 2,604 ratings — published 2011 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Month in Siena 4.07 avg rating — 312 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naima 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Libro di Dot by Hisham Matar, Gianluca Buttolo liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De terugkeer by Hisham Matar, Manik Sarkar (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hjemkomsten: Fædre, sønner og landet imellem dem by Hisham Matar, Martin Dennis (Cover) , Mich Vraa (Translation) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories: 2012 by Laura Furman (Editor), Ann Packer (Goodreads Author) , Miroslav Penkov (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories after Cervantes and Shakespeare by Daniel Hahn (Editor), Margarita Valencia (Editor) , Ben Okri 3.52 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo.”
― Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men

tags: echo, grief

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“وفي بعض الصباحات الشتوية عندما تلتحف السماء بظلمة عنيدة، كنت أتسلل إلى سريرها البديل وأنا بكامل ملابسي المدرسية، ثم أتقوقع في التجويف الذي خلّفته في الملاءات وأتساءل وربطة عنقي تضغط على رقبتي، والدفء يسري في خدي من وسادتها، كيف للفردوس أن يكون شيئاً مختلفاً عن هذا؟”
― هشام مطر, في بلاد الرجال

tags: love

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“Nothing is more acceptable than what we are born into.”
― Hisham Matar

tags: from-naima

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Which book shall we read for our November 2016 Group Fiction Read?

Silence by Shūsaku Endō

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Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

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In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

15 votes, 18.3%

The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader

10 votes, 12.2%

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