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Laila Halaby
LAILA HALABY was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Jordanian father and an American mother. She speaks four languages, won a Fulbright scholarship to study folklore in Jordan, and holds a master's degree in Arabic literature. Her first novel, West of the Jordan (2003), won the prestigious PEN Beyond Margins Award. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her family. www.lailahalaby.net.
