Laila Lalami

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Laila Lalami is the author of Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside.

Exile and the Kingdom Exile and the Kingdom

In his newest novel The Last Friend, Tahar Ben Jelloun draws from his experiences as a writer and activist under Morocco's repressive monarchy.

Mar 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

Love and Betrayal in Colonial Africa Love and Betrayal in Colonial Africa

Abdulrazak Gurnah's seventh book, Desertion, revisits the theme of exile and expands it to relationships---between lovers, between families, between countries.

Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

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