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SeasonalAmpersand Key Titles Shipping September 2019 ATLAngry Queer Somali BoyA Complicated MemoirBy (artist): Mohamed Abdulkarim AliBy (artist) :
Mohamed Abdulkarim AliImprint:
University of Regina PressISBN:
9780889776593Product Form:
HardcoverForm detail:
Cloth over boardsHardcover , Cloth over boardsEnglishAudience:
General TradeOct 05, 2019$21.95 CAD
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165.1 x 107.95 mm | 250 grPage Count:
144 pagesUniversity of Regina PressBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal MemoirsMemoirs|Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups|Relating to gay peopleSouthwestern Ontario: Greater Toronto Area- Short Description
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A young gay Muslim immigrant struggles to fit in on the streets of Toronto.“A tour de force.” —Omayra Issa, Radio-Canada
Kidnapped 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.
What follows in this fierce and unrelenting account is a story of one young man’s nascent sexuality fused with the violence wrought by displacement.
“Heartbreaking.” —Quill & Quire
“A stunning memoir that will resonate with every queer person who has been through the fire.” —Diriye Osman, author of Fairytales for Lost Children
“Both tragic and healing, Angry Queer Somali Boy offers resplendent writing that intimately grapples with placelessness, identity, and belonging, in all its forms.” —Huda Hassan, writer and researcher
"A masterpiece of memoir, but also a cultural critique of the first order.” —Popmatters
The Advocate “Best of 2019”
CBC Books “Best of 2019”
Popmatters “Best of 2019”
Mohamed 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.MEDIA: active media campaign intended to obtain print, radio, online, and television coverage in national, regional, and local markets, concentrating specifically on ON as well as cities with large immigrant populations. Will also target gay/LBTQ2S+ and immigrant publications, alternative and/or independent media (Rabble.ca, Briarpatch).
(U of R Press has a stellar established track record in obtaining media, with regular coverage in major outlets such as The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, CBC's The Current and The Next Chapter, CBC Books, as well as regional print, TV, and radio outlets, and international outlets such as The Guardian and the New York Times.)
ADVERTISING: $5,000 budget, devoted to print ads in Mother Jones, Literary Review of Canada, and online ads on rabble.ca.
OTHER:
- online: advertising on publisher website
- social media: giveaway, promotions through 49th Shelf
- events: Toronto area festival appearances and Toronto launch
COMPARATIVE TITLES:
I'm Afraid of Men - Vivek Shraya
Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes - Kamal Al-Solaylee
For more information contact
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