Hisham Matar on Friendship and Writing from the Margins

About this episode

Hisham Matar discusses his novel 'My Friends' and explores themes of friendship, exile, and writing from the margins.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hisham Matar joins This Being Human to discuss his latest novel, My Friends. He reflects on themes of friendship, exile, and the complexities of writing from the margins. Matar shares how his work explores life's central question: How might we live? Through meditations on cities, memory, and the human condition, he offers a tender and profound view of what it means to connect with others. To fill out our listener survey, go to agakhanmuseum.org/tbhsurvey. If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, go to agakhanmuseum.org/thisbeinghuman . The Museum wishes to thank Nadir and Shabin Mohamed for their founding support of  This Being Human .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Hisham Matar

Topics covered

• friendship
• exile
• writing
• human connection
• memory
• cities

Keywords

• Hisham Matar
• My Friends
• friendship
• exile
• writing
• human condition
• memory
• cities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aga Khan Museum, The Walrus Lab, Acast

Books & works: My Friends

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