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I am longing to see Libya rejoin the world as the internationalist Mediterranean country that it was.

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

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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.

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Dreams have consequences.

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My earliest memory of books is not of reading but of being read to. I spent hours listening, watching the face of the person reading aloud to me.

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We need a father to rage against.

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

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I am, by instinct, wary of revolutions. The gathering of the masses fills me with trepidation.

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I can pinpoint the exact moment when I first began to think about what profession I should go into. It was 1978. I was seven and had just been handed over by the women of my family to the earnest and self-important gatherings of the men. I was no longer the responsibility of my aunts and older female cousins. I was now a man. This was a tragedy.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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