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Hisham Matar: ‘I’ve had to make a home somewhere else.’

By Julia Puckette, CNN

Published 11:34 AM EST, Thu November 13, 2025

Hisham Matar: 'I've had to make a home somewhere else.'

Libyan author Hisham Matar knows the pain of exile – just like the three friends at the center of his latest novel. 'My Friends' is an intensely moving exploration of friendship, loss and uprootedness.

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