TY - BOOK ID - 101256349 TI - Angry queer Somali boy PY - 2019 SN - 088977661X 0889776601 0889776598 9780889776616 9780889776609 PB - Saskatchewan, Canada DB - UniCat KW - Muslim gays KW - Gay immigrants KW - Somalis KW - Social conditions. KW - Ali, Mohamed Abdulkarim, KW - Somal KW - Somali KW - Somalians KW - Somals KW - Cushites KW - Ethnology KW - Gay Muslims KW - Gays KW - Immigrants KW - Muslim gay people UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101256349 AB - "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."-- ER -