I wish someone told me not to get off the car when stopped by a cop as a sign of respect for them.
I wish someone told me not to pick up random kids in the park and kiss them on the cheeks like we do on Morocco without being considered psychos.
In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of Americaa Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record.
Hassan Abourouaine is a Moroccan-American whose name is no stranger to enthusiasts of Moroccos late 80s and the 90s soccer. His talent and dribbling skills earned him a spot on Moroccos national cadet team before junior team. His career spanned about 15 years that started at his home team Chabab Mohammedia before taking him to Renaissance de Settat, Olympic Casablanca, where he collected lots of hardware, a professional season with Ittifaq of Saudi Arabic, before closing out his career at his original home team.
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