Interviews

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A Conversation with Philippe Sands, The Guardian
"On Exile: What the Author of ‘The Return’ Learned by Going Back to Libya," The New York Times
"Libya's Reluctant Spokesman," A Conversation with Hari Kunzru, Guernica
"My Desk Is My Country," A Conversation with Tishani Doshi, LiveMint
"It Is No Longer Possible to Have Heroes," The New Statesman
Interview with Lina Sergie Attar, Jaddaliya

Listen

Hisham Matar Reads "Shakespeare's Memory," by Jorge Luis Borges, The New Yorker
Book Club: Hisham Matar and James Naughtie, BBC Radio 4
Hisham Matar, Hector Abad and Philippe Sands, Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2017
A 'Return' To Libya In Search Of His Father, Fresh Air With Terry Gross

Watch

Hisham Matar with Hilary Harper at The Wheeler Center

Hisham Matar discusses his life, career and the art of recollection with Hilary Harper (August 2017).

Channel 4 News

Hisham Matar on Channel 4 News (June 2016).

Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts

A conversation between Hisham Matar and author William Fiennes (December 2016).

2017 PEN Literary Awards: Hisham Matar

Hisham Matar was awarded the inaugural 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for his memoir The Return (Penguin Random House) at the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony (March 2017).