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Occupation
  
Writer, filmmaker

Books
  
Illegal Citizens

Movies
  
Rebound, Hearts

Role
  
Writer

Name
  
Afdhere Jama


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Afdhere Jama (born 1980) is an American writer and filmmaker of Somali origin.

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Jama was born and raised in Somalia. He moved to America when he was a teenager. Between the years 2000 and 2010, he was the editor of Huriyah, a magazine by and for LGBT Muslims. Jama identifies as queer and Muslim.

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Films

  • Hearts (2015)
  • Angelenos (2013)
  • Bits (2012)
  • Over the Rainbow (2011) (segment "Carlita")
  • Apart (2010)
  • From Here To Timbuktu (2010) (segment "Trio")
  • Rebound (2009)
  • Ani (2009)
  • Berlinsomnia (2008)
  • Shukaansi (2007)

    • Books

  • Being Queer and Somali: LGBT Somalis At Home and Abroad (2015)
  • Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith (2013)
  • Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World (2008)
  • At Noonday with the Gods of Somalia (2004)

    • Articles

  • Out in Beirut. Whosoever Magazine.
  • Reading Shahnameh in Paris. Iranian.com.
  • Soul Mates: The Price of Being Gay in Somalia. Afrol Magazine.
  • Living On A Prayer: Muslims & Hiv/AIDS. Positive Nation Magazine.
  • Ashnas and Mehboobs: An Afghan Love Story. Trikone Magazine. (PDF)

    • References

    Afdhere Jama Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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