With the political turmoil going down in Libya, and with a history of artistic oppression, specifically the writers that were unjustly imprisoned under Gadhafi’s rule, it should be asked: what’s happening to writers in Libya right now?
Hisham Matar, author of In the Country of Men bravely critiques the regime and speaks on how dictatorial regimes are inherently opposed to the freedom of multiple narratives that writers embrace.