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1 online resource (ix, 132 pages) |
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SUNY series in queer politics and cultures |
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SUNY series in queer politics and cultures.
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Summary |
"The son of Moroccan immigrants, Dibi was elected to the Dutch Parliament in 2006, at just twenty-six years old. During his six years of service, he fought for the equal rights of Muslim migrants against a political elite that cast them as misogynists, as homophobes, and, after 9/11, as terrorists. But Dibi himself never came out publicly as queer-until he wrote Djinn. A bestseller upon its publication in Dutch in 2015, Djinn tells the poignant, at times heartbreaking story of Dibi's coming of age as a gay Muslim man with humor and grace. From his Amsterdam childhood to his experiences in New York City clubs and chatrooms and unlikely political ascent, Djinn offers a window onto contemporary issues of race, religion, sexuality, and human rights in and beyond Europe. Yet it also promises readers who, like Dibi as a young man, may not see themselves reflected in books, movies, and TV shows an all too rare sense of visibility and recognition"-- Provided by publisher |
Notes |
"Originally published in 2015 by Uitgeverij Prometheus, Amsterdam."--copyright page |
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In English; translated from the original Dutch |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebook Central, viewed March 5, 2021) |
Subject |
Dibi, Tofik, 1980-
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Gay men -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Gay legislators -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Muslim gay people -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Moroccans -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Discrimination.
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Human rights.
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Human Rights
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Discrimination
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Gay legislators
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Gay men
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Human rights
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Moroccans
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Muslim gays
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Gay rights
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Netherlands
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Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Barr, Nicolaas P., translator, writer of introduction
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ISBN |
9781438481319 |
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1438481314 |
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