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Pablo Martín Carbajal takes us once again to the African continent, this time to Mauritania and Morocco. Through his protagonists, two brothers from the Canary Islands who work in the family business, and who do not have very good relations, the author takes us into these countries to show us the "heartbeat" of their people, their history, their culture, their religion, their diversity. Moments before the presentation of his fifth novel, "El latido de Al-Magreb", Martín Carbajal talked to Atalayar about the importance of being able to put ourselves in the other's place in order to respect and understand each other; about his love for the African continent, where he has been going for more than 20 years; the Sahara conflict, about which he has a pessimistic view; the poetics of the titles of his novels; chance and destiny; and his writing and his projects, such as the publication of the second part of his first work: "Tú eres azul cobalto".