“tahar ben jelloun”

The prize-winning book of advice about racism from the bestselling author to his daughter, introduced by Bill Cosby. When Tahar Ben Jelloun took his ten-year-old daughter to a street protest against anti-immigration laws in Paris, she asked question after question: "What is racism? What is an immigr... More

From the winner of the 2004 Impac Prize, a classic story of friendship and betrayal. "The Last Friend," the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Tahar Ben Jelloun, winner of the 2004 International Dublin/IMPAC award, is a "Rashamon"-like tale of friendship and betrayal set in twentieth ce... More

Racism Explained to My Daughter is for all parents who have struggled to engage their children in a discussion of the complex issue of racism.... More

The award-winning novelist and author of the international bestseller "Racism Explained to My Daughter" uses his own experience to illuminate the experience of the Other in his adopted land -- and everywhere. A Moroccan who emigrated to France in 1971, Tahar Ben Jelloun draws upon his own encounters... More

The Sacred Night continues the remarkable story Tahar Ben Jelloun began in The Sand Child. Mohammed Ahmed, a Moroccan girl raised as a boy in order to circumvent Islamic inheritance laws regarding female children, remains deeply conflicted about her identity. In a narrative that shifts in and out of... More