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Here are details for the two events I’ll be doing at the Arabesque Festival in Washington DC this weekend. On Saturday, March 7:
In Other Words: Expatriate Arab Literature
With: Anouar Benmalek, Jamal Mahjoub, and Ahdaf Soueif. Moderated by Laila Lalami
Saturday, March 7, 2009
4 – 5:30 pm
Family Theater
Kennedy Center
and on Sunday, March 8:
Containing Multitudes: A Conversation with Arab American Writers
With: Elmaz Abinader, Hayan Charara, Laila Lalami, Pauline Kaldas. Moderated by Khaled Mattawa
Sunday, March 8, 2009
1:30 – 3 pm
Family Theater
Kennedy Center
If you live in DC, do come by and say hello.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.