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Infidels: A Novel
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April 12, 2017 • 7:00 pm PDT
Abdellah Taïa
In conversation with poet Steven Reigns
Born in a public library in Morocco where his father was a janitor, Abdellah Taïa is an acclaimed novelist and filmmaker who lives in Paris, but sets his latest novel in his home country. With deep lyricism and erotic energy, Infidels follows the life of Jallal, a young gay Muslim who is the son of a prostitute witch doctor. The mother and son struggle as outsiders inside their Islamic world until Jallal moves to Belgium and becomes a jihadist. Taïa discusses this powerful story about love and belonging with Steven Reigns, the first City Poet of West Hollywood.
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