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The Arabesque Festival was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to get to know the twenty-five writers who were taking part in the Literary Series. There were some whose work I was very familiar with (like Ahdaf Soueif) and others whose novels I read just before the festival (like Anouar Benmalek, pictured below.) I had a lovely surprise when I arrived at the Kennedy Center for one of my panels: hardcover copies of Secret Son, apparently shipped straight from the warehouse, were waiting for me. It was wonderful to hold the book in my hands and to read a short excerpt from it. (I didn’t get to keep a copy since we sold out of them, but of course I don’t mind.) Many thanks to all those who came out. It was great meeting you.
I’m so, so, so tired, especially because I had to finish a book review on the plane back, came home to a pile of student papers to grade, and have to start preparations for (another) move.
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.