Laila Lalami is a writer and critic. She lives in Los Angeles.
Laila Lalami was born and raised in Morocco. She studied Linguistics at Université Mohammed-V in Rabat, University College London, and the University of Southern California. Her work has appeared … read more >
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Secret Son
For years, Youssef, a young man from a Casablanca slum, has heard his mother’s stories about his dead and respectably poor father, stories he used as inspiration for his own life.
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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
The news was relegated to the bottom of Le Monde’s online page—fifteen Moroccan immigrants had drowned while crossing the Straits of Gibraltar on a fishing boat.
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From the Blog
February 5th, 2010
I'm working on a new essay this week, so in order to put myself in the right mood I went...
February 3rd, 2010
At a dinner party in London a few years ago, I was once again professing my admiration...
February 2nd, 2010
I'm desperately trying to make some progress on my new book before I have to travel. Next...
January 29th, 2010
I mentioned last week that I was teaching Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, so I thought...