I know now that these conquerors, like many others before t… - Laila Lalami

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I know now that these conquerors, like many others before them, and no doubt like others after, gave speeches not to voice the truth, but to create it. (p8)

Laila Lalami

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Laila Lalami (born 1968) is a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor.

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