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I’m rather mystified by this Baltimore Sun article, dated February 13, and titled “Restrictions bar publishing dissident writers from abroad.” As I read the piece, which is about the infamous OFAC regulations, I noticed that a) it was oddly familiar; and b) there was no mention of the fact that the licensing requirements were rescinded on December 15, last year. (In fact, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner recently sold her memoir to Random House.)
On closer look, I realized that the Sun article was an old piece by Scott Martelle in the L.A. Times, which was also reprinted in the Seattle PI back in December. What gives? Why serve up old news as though they’re new?
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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.