WRITER

Laila Lalami

1968 - Today

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Laila Lalami (Arabic: ليلى العلمي, born 1968) is a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor. After earning her licence ès lettres degree in Morocco, she received a fellowship to study in the United Kingdom (UK), where she earned an MA in linguistics. In 1992 Lalami moved to the United States, where she completed a PhD in linguistics at the University of Southern California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laila Lalami has received more than 283,541 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Laila Lalami is the 7,087th most popular writer (down from 6,281st in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 171st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Moroccan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Moor's Account
Fiction, historical, general, Florida, fiction
2014
The Other Americans
Fiction, cultural heritage, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, family life
2019
Hope and other dangerous pursuits
Moroccans, Immigrants, female writters
For reasons as different as the lives they are leaving behind, four Muslims illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain. What has driven these men and women to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? Sensit
2005
Secret Son
Fathers and sons, fiction, Morocco, fiction, Fiction, general
2009
Conditional Citizens
Citizenship, Naturalization, Discrimination
2020
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
Morocco, fiction, Spain, fiction, Fiction, psychological
2005

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Laila Lalami ranks 7,087 out of 7,302. Before her are Laurie Halse Anderson, Frances Hardinge, Al Roker, Nicolas Mathieu, Chris Moneymaker, and Chris Savino. After her are Alan Rusbridger, Anne Michaels, Szczepan Sadurski, Gcina Mhlophe, Stephanie Savage, and Mika Brzezinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Laila Lalami ranks 793. Before her are Meshell Ndegeocello, Ben Shenkman, Alex Ferns, Julia Sawalha, Deon Hemmings, and Bettany Hughes. After her are Carlos Morales, Glenroy Gilbert, Todd Stashwick, Adrian Lester, Hannes Trinkl, and Beverley Allitt.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Laila Lalami ranks 233 out of 264. Before her are Sofia Essaïdi (1984), Hicham Zerouali (1977), Ali Ezzine (1978), Jaouad Zairi (1982), Yahya Jabrane (1991), and Ismail Elfath (1982). After her are Shatha Hassoun (1981), Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco (2007), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (1996), Mohamed Samadi (1970), Achraf Dari (1999), and Adam Maher (1993).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Laila Lalami ranks 14. Before her are Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), Leïla Slimani (1981), and Abdellah Taïa (1973).

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