The Washington Post‘s Scott Wilson files a more thorough article about the curious ban of The Da Vinci Code in Lebanon, which I mentioned on the blog last month. The Catholic Church in Beirut found the book “defamatory.” The Da Vinci Code is being sold even in the Holy See, but not even this rejoinder has changed the minds of authorities there.
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.