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Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

- Hisham Matar
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In the end, madness is worse than injustice, and justice far sweeter than freedom.

Living in hope is a really terrible thing.

Like most dictators, Col Gaddafi detests the metropolis. His vision of Libya is a kind of Bedouin romantic medievalism, suspicious of universities, theatres, galleries and cafes, and so monitors the cities' inhabitants with paranoid suspicion.

Dreams have consequences.

As a young boy in Libya, it was hard to escape the conclusion that the women were the most feeling and most functional part of society.

One of the frustrations of prison life, which is also one of its intended consequences, is that the prisoner is made ineffective. He is unable to be of much use. The aim is to render him powerless.

When I'm writing, my mood is very good - and I love life.

In 2006, I published my first novel, 'In the Country of Men.' The publication of the book gave me a bigger platform to speak about my father's abduction and Libya's human-rights record.

I lost my father when I was 19, so the majority of my life has been under this cloud, and I have been full of the intention to find out what happened.

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Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.