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Laila Taji is an American of Palestinian heritage. She was born in the UK but pretty much spent her whole life in the Pacific Northwest. She is currently living in Kirkland, WA with her husband and two girls.

She has degrees from Smith College, Johns Hopkins and the University of Washington and runs the website ArabishWay.com

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The Land in Our Bones

by Layla K. Feghali (Goodreads Author)

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To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States

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Our Vision For Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out

by Ramzy Baroud

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Laila Taji liked Kkraemer's review of The Old Woman and the River: "This allegory tells the story of what we all want most in life, the kind of love that inhabits the soul, listens and guides, lives beyond the grave. Um Qasem has always lived in Sabiliyat, next to the river that forms the boundary between Iran and Ira" Read more of this review »
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I read the translation and thoroughly loved this book! A critique of war and the toll it takes on the earth and our humanity. I absolutely adored the heroine often gasping aloud at what she accomplished; an old woman who questions the “rationale”of w ...more
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Laila Taji and 7 other people liked Ailbhe's review of The Old Woman and the River: "The most empathetic, wholesome anti-war story I’ve ever encountered. This is also maybe the first time I’ve read a story whose protagonist/ hero is an old woman. The rhythm and style of the novel felt akin to a fable and halfway through I couldn’t pu" Read more of this review »
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