My friends Dar Al Shorouk

Author's name: Hisham Matar Publisher: Al-Shorouk Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2006 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: Once again, Hisham Matar returns to us with an engaging novel that solidifies his talent, wins awards, attracts critics' praise, and gains the interest of readers in more than 30 languages. "My Friends" by Hisham Matar, a wonderful novel that wanders with a tender voice and a beautiful style among the characters, and skillfully transitions between the meanings of exile, friendship, family, love, and pain, drawn with the brush of a sensitive artist and one of the most important contemporary writers. Sayed Wahba: "With the precise sensitivity and delicate pen we are accustomed to from him, Hisham Matar takes us in 'My Friends' on a one-night journey through the streets of London, to cross thirty years, and to realize how circumstances and political events shape individuals' lives and intrude upon the most delicate details." Alev Shafak: "I have always admired Hisham Matar's voice; a tender and compassionate voice, yet strong and captivating at the same time." Dr. Hussein Hamouda: "This is a novel haunted by testimony and memory filled with vivid scenes, moving freely through its sections, exploring and revealing the long hands, visible and invisible, of oppressive authorities and their practices, which cast heavy shadows on human bonds, and shape scenes that are difficult to ignore and also difficult to forget."