Afdhere Jama (born 1980) is an American writer and filmmaker of
Somali origin.
Jama was born and raised in
Somalia
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. He moved to America when he was a teenager. Between the years 2000 and 2010, he was the editor of Huriyah. Jama identifies as queer and Muslim.
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Whosoever Magazine
In June 2016, after a shooting in Orlando, an article Jama had written in 2014 about LGBT Muslims was shared on social media.
Huriyah
Jama was the editor in chief of ''Huriyah'' ( ar, ุญุฑูุฉ,
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: . "freedom"), a
LGBT
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Muslim magazine published between the years 2000 and 2010. It was based in
San Francisco
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,
California
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. ''Huriyah'' used the slogan "Queer Muslim Magazine".
The magazine was first published in
Arabic
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and 2002 the magazine launched in
English
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* English people
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, with a focus on both
LGBT
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The LGBT term ...
and
Muslim issues in politics, arts, and spirituality. It had a major interview every month, conducted by Jama, and the diverse personalities included
Daayiee Abdullah,
Faisal Alam
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Alam arrived in the United States from Pakistan in 1987, a ...
,
Surina Khan,
Sulayman X and many others.
Films
* ''Hearts'' (2015)
* ''
Angelenos'' (2013)
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* '' Bits'' (2012) [''Bits''(2012) at th]
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* '' Over the Rainbow'' (2011) (segment "Carlita") [''Over the Rainbow''(2011) at th]
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* '' Apart'' (2010) [''Apart''(2010) at th]
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* '' From Here To Timbuktu'' (2010) (segment "Trio") [''From Here To Timbuktu''(2010) at th]
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* '' Rebound'' (2009) [''Rebound''(2009) at th]
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* ''Ani'' (2009) [''Ani'' (One Nation Many Voices]
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* ''Berlinsomnia'' (2008)
* ''Shukaansi'' (2007)
Books
* ''Being Queer and Somali: LGBT Somalis At Home and Abroad'' (2015)[LibraryThings]
Queer Jihad
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* '' Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World'' (2008)[Somali Poet Mahamud Siad Togane]
A Poetic Rumble Out of the Somali Rubble
, ''Togane.Org'', Sep 06, 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
Trikone () is a non-profit support, social, and political organization for South Asian bisexual, lesbian, gay, and transgender people. It was founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area and is one of the oldest groups of its kind in the world ...
'' magazine.
Notes
References
External links
Huriya Magazine Blog by Afdhere Jama
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American male journalists
American filmmakers
American Muslims
Somalian emigrants to the United States
American male poets
American gay writers
Somalian LGBT people
LGBT Muslims
Living people
Somalian writers
1980 births
21st-century American poets
21st-century American male writers
21st-century LGBT people