Bibliograph

Angry queer Somali boy, a complicated memoir, Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali

Type

Label

Angry queer Somali boy, a complicated memoir, Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Angry queer Somali boy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1090177042

Responsibility statement

Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali

Series statement

The Regina collection

Sub title

a complicated memoir

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

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Xamar Jajab, or Broken Hamar -- Torn Desert Flowers -- The Dutch Disease -- (S)he Does Not Know Her Beauty -- The Great White North -- Bienvenue a Toronto -- The Past in Pictures -- A Place of No Abiding Use -- Gentrification of the Mind -- A Rain-Bearing Cloud at Night -- The Span of My Uncertain Years -- Run, Mohamed, Run -- There Were Nights That Can Never Be Forgotten -- The Morass of Vice and Libertinage -- Brave Old World -- Flames Ravaging His Glowing Hair

Target audience

adult

Classification