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Angry queer Somali boy : a complicated memoir / Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali.
"Writing from a homeless shelter in downtown Toronto, Mohamed "Mo" Ali chronicles how he ended up there in this powerful and often irreverent memoir of exile, addiction, and racism. Kidnapped by his father on the eve of Somalia's societal implosion, Ali was taken first to the Netherlands by his stepmother, and then on to Canada. With its promise of freedom, opportunity, and multiculturalism, his new home seemed to offer a new lease on life. But unable to fit in, he turned to partying and drugs. Interwoven with world history and sociopolitical commentary on Somalia, Canada, and Europe, the story of this gay Muslim immigrant is told with tenderness in a refreshing and welcome new voice."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780889776593 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 192 pages ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 306.766092 Ali | 31681010237840 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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A story of a young man's queer coming of age amidst displacement, violence, and alienation
Kidnapped by his father on the eve of Somaliaâs societal implosion, Mohamed Ali was taken first to the Netherlands by his stepmother, and then later on to Canada. Unmoored from his birth family and caught between twin alienating forces of Somali tradition and Western culture, Mohamed must forge his own queer coming of age.
What follows in this fierce and unrelenting account is a story of one young manâs nascent sexuality fused with the violence wrought by displacement.
