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The hunt for a father kidnapped by the Gaddafi regime
Jaballah Matar was kidnapped by Gaddafi in 1990, and incarcerated in the notorious Abu Salim prison. His son, the writer Hisham Matar, tells the story of his search for him, which led all the way to Saif al-Islam, Gadddafi's son.
Image: A Lebanese man drives a scooter down a damaged street in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh Sunni neighbourhood on October 28, 2014. Credit: Ibrhahim Chaloub/AFP/Getty Images
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