Welcome to Paradise by Mahi Binebine, trans. by Lulu Norman
“As Welcome to Paradise begins, Aziz and his shivering cousin are seated in a café waiting to cross the Strait of Gibraltar. The cousin, suffering from a dreadful stomachache, has soiled himself in a fit of nerves, and the outraged waiter has just thrown them out. They join other would-be illegal immigrants gathered in Tangier, …
