Angry queer Somali boy : a complicated memoir / Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ali, Mohamed Abdulkarim, 1985- author.

Series:

Regina collection.

The Regina collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ali, Mohamed Abdulkarim, 1985-.

Ali, Mohamed Abdulkarim.

Muslim gay people--Canada--Biography.

Muslim gay people.

Gay immigrants--Canada--Social conditions.

Gay immigrants.

Gay immigrants--Canada--Biography.

Muslim gay people--Canada--Social conditions.

Muslim gay people--Netherlands--Social conditions.

Somalis--Canada--Biography.

Somalis.

Somalis--Canada--Social conditions.

Somalis--Netherlands--Social conditions.

Queer Muslims.

LGBTQ+ immigrants.

African LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

LGBTQ+ autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Regina Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, 2019.

Summary:

"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. Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali lives in Toronto. This is his first book."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780889776616

088977661X

9780889776609

0889776601