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.
Rachid Moukhabir was born in Casablanca, Morocco. After completing High School at Lycee Moulay Idriss in math major in 1993, he was accepted in Les Class Preparatoire aux Grands Ecole des Ingenieur at Lycee Mohamed 5 in Casablanca. There, he completed 2 years of Math Sup/ Math Spe. Later on, Rachid had to take some time off from college to attend to personal medical matters and that prevented from going back to the engineering school due to the school strict and stringent rules and regulations.
I am so excited to have discovered Wafin and I would very much like to express my thanks to every person that invested the slightest form of energy into bringing this project to reality. Mustapha
I am so excited to have discovered Wafin and I would very much like to express my thanks to every person that invested the slightest form of energy into bringing this project to reality. 
Mustapha