{"product_id":"djinn-9781438481302","title":"Djinn","description":"From a young age, Tofik Dibi feels \"it\"--a spirit, or djinn, that follows him everywhere. Where \"it\" goes, \"they\" go--his classmates, his colleagues, all the people who fear and hate \"it,\" his homosexuality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe son of Moroccan immigrants, Dibi was elected to the Dutch Parliament in 2006 at just twenty-six years old. During his six years in office, he fought for the equal rights of Dutch Muslims against a political elite that cast them as misogynists, homophobes, and, after 9\/11, terrorists. But Dibi himself never came out publicly as queer--until he wrote \u003ci\u003eDjinn\u003c\/i\u003e. A bestseller upon its publication in Dutch in 2015, it 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 internet chatrooms to his unlikely political ascent, \u003ci\u003eDjinn\u003c\/i\u003e explores contemporary issues of race, religion, sexuality, and human rights in and beyond Europe. Yet it also promises readers who may not see themselves reflected in popular culture--like Dibi as a young man--an all-too-rare sense of visibility and recognition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438481302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Tofik Dibi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38026883956917,"sku":"9781438481302","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_39889174-12cb-4d72-ad4b-278a0fe0fcdb.jpg?v=1609191546","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/djinn-9781438481302","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}