First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Hisham Matar's memoir of hope and loss, offering a powerful insight into life in Libya under Gaddafi. His father was kidnapped by the regime and disappeared without trace in 1996. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Powerful memoir of hope and loss by Libyan Hisham Matar, whose activist father Jaballa was kidnapped in 1990 and made to 'disappear' by Gaddafi's regime. Read by Khalid Abdalla. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Libyan writer Hisham Matar's powerful memoir describing his search for his father, Jaballa, kidnapped by Gaddafi's regime in 1990 and disappeared without trace in 1996. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Libyan novelist Hisham Matar's father, an open critic of Gaddafi, was imprisoned and 'disappeared' by the regime in 1996. This powerful memoir details his search for what happened. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Returning to Libya after an exile of 30 years, Hisham Matar meets his Uncle Hmad, who witnessed the massacre at Abu Salim prison in June 1996, during which 1,270 prisoners died. Show more
