Cultural reporter Elamin Abdelmahmoud talks about his memoir, Son of Elsewhere, his love of The O.C, and what the banjo has in common with the oud

“Even though I’ve been living in this country for twenty-two years and this is for all intents and purposes my home – it’s where I intend to live the rest of my life – elsewhere is this notion that one or two pieces are missing,” says Abdelmahmoud.