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
August 26th, 2010
It must be the waning days of August that are spurring my latest bout of nostalgia. I...
August 17th, 2010
I feel I have yet to fully apprehend the devastation in Pakistan. The papers say there...
August 11th, 2010
So far this year, I've read thirty-four books---novels, memoirs, biographies, academic stuff---but...
August 9th, 2010
I want to know: what would the GOP do if it didn't have Muslims to gripe about ahead of...