On Saturday we hung out with two of our friends who were in town. We read. We played chess. And then at night we went to see the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall. I was quite impressed. They performed two pieces by Sibelius and one by Brahms, and they were fabulous. For whatever reason, the name Benaroya sounds Moroccan to me, but Jack Benaroya probably traces his ancestry somewhere else.
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.