عنوان

A dutiful boy :

1529110149

1529110157

9781529110142

9781529110159

9781473573154

bnb

bc101254

انگلیسی

A dutiful boy :

[Book]

a memoir of a gay Muslim's journey to acceptance /

Mohsin Zaidi.

London :

Square Peg,

2020.

©2020

280 pages ;

24 cm

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Mohsin grew up in a poor pocket of east London, in a devout shia Muslim community. His family were close-knit and religiously conservative. From a young age, Mohsin felt different but in a home where being gay was inconceivable he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where gang violence was a fact of life. As he grew up life didn't seem to offer teenage Mohsin any choices: he was disenfranchised from opportunity and isolated from his family as a closet gay Muslim. But Mohsin had incredible drive and became the first person from his school to go to Oxford University. At university came the newfound freedom to become the man his parents never wanted him to be. But when he was confronted by his father and a witch doctor invited to 'cure' him Mohsin had to make a difficult choice. Mohsin's story takes harrowing turns but it is full of life and humour, and, ultimately, it is an inspiring story about breaking through life's barriers.

9781473573154

Zaidi, Mohsin.

Gay lawyers-- Great Britain, Biography.

Lawyers-- Great Britain, Biography.

Muslim gay men-- Great Britain, Biography.

Homosexuels masculins musulmans-- Grande-Bretagne, Biographies.

Gay lawyers.

Gay Muslims

Lawyers.

Muslim gay men.

Great Britain.

7

Zaidi, Mohsin

20221231144250.0

rda

[Book]

270410

Y