Laila Halaby

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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    West of the Jordan (June 2003)
  • Last Book:
    My Name is on His Tongue (May 2012)
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Books in Order: 4 titles

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  • My Name is on His Tongue

    Best-selling novelist and PEN Award winner Halaby presents readers with her first collection of poetry. Intensely personal and marked with a trenchant wit, these poems form a memoir following Halaby’s life as they explore the disorientation of ...

  • Hair, Prayer, and Men

    No one suspects the blond, green-eyed woman of being an Arab--least of all the Middle Eastern man sitting a few seats away from her on the airplane. But Jubayna's insider's view lets her see everything the man is doing wrong to mark himself as a terr...

  • Once in a Promised Land

    A BookSense Notable Title for February 2007Once in a Promised Land is the story of a couple, Jassim and Salwa, who left the deserts of their native Jordan for those of Arizona, each chasing their own dreams of opportunity and freedom. Although the tw...

  • West of the Jordan

    This is a brilliant and revelatory first novel by a woman who is both an Arab and an American, who speaks with both voices and understands both worlds. Through the narratives of four cousins at the brink of maturity, Laila Halaby immerses her readers...



Award-Winning Books by Laila Halaby

West of the Jordan
2004 PEN Literary Award -- Open Book


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Laila Halaby has published 4 books.

Laila Halaby does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, My Name is on His Tongue, was published in May 2012.

The first book by Laila Halaby, West of the Jordan, was published in June 2003.

No. Laila Halaby does not write books in series.
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