Djinn
by Dibi, Tofik
"The son of Moroccan immigrants, Dibi was elected to the Dutch Parliament in 2006, at just twenty-six years old. During his six years of service, he fought for the equal rights of Muslim migrants against a political elite that cast them as misogynists, as homophobes, and, after 9/11, as terrorists. But Dibi himself never came out publicly as queer-until he wrote Djinn. A bestseller upon its publication in Dutch in 2015, Djinn tells the poignant, at times heartbreaking story of Dibi's coming of …
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- Full title :Djinn / Tofik Dibi ; translated and with an introduction by Nicolaas P. Barr.
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"The son of Moroccan immigrants, Dibi was elected to the Dutch Parliament in 2006, at just twenty-six years old. During his six years of service, he fought for the equal rights of Muslim migrants against a political elite that cast them as misogynists, as homophobes, and, after 9/11, as terrorists. But Dibi himself never came out publicly as queer-until he wrote Djinn. A bestseller upon its publication in Dutch in 2015, Djinn tells the poignant, at times heartbreaking story of Dibi's coming of age as a gay Muslim man with humor and grace. From his Amsterdam childhood to his experiences in New York City clubs and chatrooms and unlikely political ascent, Djinn offers a window onto contemporary issues of race, religion, sexuality, and human rights in and beyond Europe. Yet it also promises readers who, like Dibi as a young man, may not see themselves reflected in books, movies, and TV shows an all too rare sense of visibility and recognition"--
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- Publication Date:©2021
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
- Place of Publication:Albany
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2021
Notes
"Originally published in 2015 by Uitgeverij Prometheus, Amsterdam."--copyright page.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 132 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781438481319, 1438481314
- oclc:on1228881438
- LC Classification:HQ75.8.D53
- Dewey Decimal:306.76/62092
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