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VIDEO: Interview with Moroccan American Novelist Laila Lalami

December 27, 2016

By Arab America

By Ayesha Ulhaq Moroccan World News In an interview with Bilal Qureshi, from the NPR, at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington DC, Laila Lalami shared the back story and inspiration behind her writings and spoke of the inspiration behind her award-winning, fictional memoir, “The Moor’s Account.” Lalami is a Moroccan-American award-winning novelist, writer and … Continued

PHOTOS: A picture diary of the Middle East in the 1930s

December 23, 2016

By Arab America

Aleppo to Euphrates, July 19. Rusafa. The pearly gates of alabaster. (American Colony Photo Department /Library of Congress) By Chloe Coleman The Washington Post John D. Whiting (1882-1951), worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer throughout the Middle East. Whiting was a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, which had been established by Christian religious … Continued

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