Sal, near Rabat. The mid 1980s. A lower-class teenager is running until hes out of breath. Hes running after his dream, his dream to become a movie director. Hes running after the Egyptian movie star, Souad Hosni, whos out there somewhere, miles away from this neighborhoodwhich is a place the teenager both loves and hates, the home at which he is not at home, an environment that will only allow him his identity through the cultural lens of shame and silence. Running is the only way he can stand up to the violence that is his Morocco.

Irresistibly charming, angry, and wry, this autobiographical novel traces the emergence of Abdellah Taas identity as an openly gay Arab man living between cultures. The book spans twenty years, moving from Sal, to Paris, to Cairo. Part incantation, part polemic, and part love letter, this extraordinary novel creates a new world where the self is effaced by desire and love, and writing is always an act of discovery.

Format: Paperback
Published: USA, 2012
Publisher: Autonomedia
Pages: 144
Languages: English
ISBN 13: 9781584351115
ISBN 10: 158435111X