Laila Lalami

Moroccan-American Novelist Laila Lalami Named Emeritus Professor at UC Riverside

7 June 2022

Moroccan novelist Laila Lalami has been promoted to emeritus professor at the University of California at Riverside, where she teaches creative writing.

Moroccan-American Novelist Laïla Lalami’s "The Other Americans" Shortlisted for National Book Award

10 October 2019

Novelist Laïla Lalami is on a roll. With her novel, "The Other Americans", a masterpiece in English literature, she is the finalist for the prestigious "National Book Award" (…)

Moroccan-American Author Challenges Trump’s Immigration Policies in New Novel

14 May 2019

Laila Lalami is one of those Moroccan prides whose pen does not stutter when it comes to touching on difficult subjects. Her latest novel once again raises the recurring (…)