To Defeat ISIS, We Must Call Both Western and Muslim Leaders to Account To Defeat ISIS, We Must Call Both Western and Muslim Leaders to Account
And that includes the Saudi kings whose funding of Wahhabi doctrine gave rise to the scourge of Islamic extremism.
Nov 15, 2015 / Laila Lalami
Against Easy Stories Against Easy Stories
Facile explanations for the massacre must be resisted.
Jan 14, 2015 / Laila Lalami
Why We Must Resist Simple Explanations of the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Massacre Why We Must Resist Simple Explanations of the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Massacre
Tidy stories reducing the atrocity to a clash of civilizations or a problem with integration are neither enlightening nor satisfying.
Jan 10, 2015 / Laila Lalami
Imagine: On J.M Coetzee Imagine: On J.M Coetzee
The Childhood of Jesus explores the fictitious dimensions of a just and compassionate world.
Sep 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Among the Blasphemers: On Salman Rushdie Among the Blasphemers: On Salman Rushdie
Joseph Anton is a tale of betrayals: of free speech, communities, religion, marriages, personal convictions, friends.
Jan 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Islamophobia and Its Discontents Islamophobia and Its Discontents
Assailed by the right as a fiction, anti-Muslim bias is all too real for those who live with it.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Laila Lalami
In Annawadi: On Katherine Boo In Annawadi: On Katherine Boo
Behind the Beautiful Forevers is a superb, empathic account of life in a Mumbai undercity.
Apr 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Everything Except Me: On Percival Everett Everything Except Me: On Percival Everett
In Assumption a murder mystery becomes a lesson in how much we do not know.
Jan 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
The Moroccan ‘Exception’ The Moroccan ‘Exception’
The king says his realm is a beacon of liberalism, but the people demand bread, and roses too.
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Laila Lalami
Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist? Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist?
What the debate over terrorists seems to miss is the personal dimension: personal failures and personal grievances of the lone gunmen.
Mar 3, 2011 / Laila Lalami