{"product_id":"9781438481302","title":"Djinn","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe gripping memoir of a young man's struggle with his sexuality and Muslim identity, culminating in his rise to the Dutch Parliament.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43062141616189,"sku":"9781438481302","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781438481302_p0.jpg?v=1774492528","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781438481302","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}