- Afdhere Jama
Afdhere Jama (born 1978) is a Somali-American writer based in
San Francisco . He is the author ofIllegal Citizens (2008). His writing has appeared in publications all over the world. He is the founder and editor of "Huriyah", a queer Muslim magazine. Born and raised inSomalia , Jama moved to America in his late teens.Writing
In 2004, a volume of his poetry about early experiences in Somalia was published under the title "At Noonday with the Gods of Somalia".Somali Poet Mahamud Siad Togane, [http://www.togane.org/index.php/extended/a_poetic_rumble_out_of_the_somali_rubble/ A POETIC RUMBLE OUT OF THE SOMALI RUBBLE] , "Togane.Org", Sep 06, 2004] Jama continued to writing in "Huriyah" and other magazines.
In October 2006, Jama was featured along over 100 other queer authors, poets, spiritual leaders and activists in "Sodom & Me: Queers on Fundamentalism" edited by
Greg Wharton andIan Philips .Suspect Thoughts Press, [http://www.suspectthoughts.com/suspect/stp-fw2006catalog-lowres.pdf Suspect Thoughts Press Catalog 2006 (PDF)] ]In 2007,
Michael Luongo 's "Gay Travels in the Muslim World", for which Jama wrote the foreword, was published.Richard Johnson, [http://www.nypost.com/seven/07072007/gossip/pagesix/gay_old_time_in_sharia_land_pagesix_.htm Gay Old Time in Sharia Land] , "New York Post", July 07, 2007]In 2008, Jama published
Illegal Citizens , subtitled "Queer Lives in the Muslim World", following the lives of 33 LGBT Muslims in 22 countries.Articles
* [http://www.huriyahmag.com Huriyah Magazine] (English)
* [http://www.whosoever.org/v7i1/beirut.html Out in Beirut] . Whosoever Magazine.
* [http://www.iranian.com/Experimental/2006/October/Paris/index.html Reading Shahnameh in Paris] . Iranian.com.
* [http://www.afrol.com/features/10599 Soul Mates: The Price of Being Gay in Somalia] . Afrol Magazine.
* [http://www.positivenation.co.uk/issue90/features/feature5/feature5.htm Living On A Prayer: Muslims & Hiv/AIDS] . Positive Nation Magazine.
* [http://www.trikone.org/store/magazine/download/2003-06-pg06.pdf Ashnas and Mehboobs: An Afghan Love Story] . Trikone Magazine. (PDF)References
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