{"product_id":"angry-queer-somali-boy-a-complicated-memoir-paperback","title":"Angry Queer Somali Boy: A Complicated Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMohamed Abdulkarim Ali\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA story of a young man's queer coming of age amidst displacement, violence, and alienation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKidnapped by his father on the eve of Somalia's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows in this fierce and unrelenting account is a story of one young man's nascent sexuality fused with the violence wrought by displacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMohamed Abdulkarim Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, and lived in the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands before immigrating to Canada as a teenager. He currently lives in Toronto. This is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.2 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47413913977010,"sku":"9780889777590","price":25.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ffcf7b92ac61bc8a5d840533dd2d7f01.webp?v=1778362769","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/angry-queer-somali-boy-a-complicated-memoir-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}