Afdhere Jama: Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim world

About the Book: In Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim world, Afdhere Jama chronicles the struggles of thirty-three lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people in twenty-two countries. The majority of these people live in countries where it is illegal to have same-sex relationships. Caught between the modern world of the internet and the severe laws they face, many risk everything by meeting, having sex, or falling in love with other queers.

About the Author: Afdhere Jama was born and raised in Somalia. At the age of seventeen, he came to America after a devastating civil war in his country. He is the editor of Huriyah, a bi-lingual queer Muslim magazine distributed in nineteen Arabic-speaking countires with an English version online. His writings on queer sexuality and Islam have appeared in publications all over the world. His first book, a poetry volume titled At Noonday with the Gods of Somalia, was published in 2004. He lives in California.

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