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“I have always tried to be honest,' he said. 'With myself, if with no one else. Believing that there's nothing more dangerous than a man who doesn't know what he's doing, a man who doesn't know his own mind.”

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Hisham Matar is a Libyan-British writer whose works delve into themes of political oppression, exile, and the human condition. Born in 1970, he is recognized for his novel 'The Return' and his memoir 'In the Country of Men'. more

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