I wish someone told me not to get off the car when stopped by a cop as a sign of respect for them.
I wish someone told me not to pick up random kids in the park and kiss them on the cheeks like we do on Morocco without being considered psychos.
In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of Americaa Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record.
Professor Abderrahman Beggar (Department of Languages and Literatures, Wilfrid Laurier University) has participated as a jury member in the 2005 Governor General Awards, the most prestigious literary awards in Canada. Dr. Beggar is the author of three books (two already published, and the third under press). He holds a PhD from the University of Paris-Sorbonne in French and Spanish media discourse.
I am so excited to have discovered Wafin and I would very much like to express my thanks to every person that invested the slightest form of energy into bringing this project to reality. Mustapha
I am so excited to have discovered Wafin and I would very much like to express my thanks to every person that invested the slightest form of energy into bringing this project to reality. 
Mustapha