The Kigali New Times reports of concerns about An Ordinary Man, the memoir by Paul Rusesabagina (of Hotel Rwanda fame). Linda Melvern, an independent researcher into the genocide claims that the version of events described in the book “seems to deviate from the facts as I have researched them.” You can read more about it here.
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.