Description: "From the ... Palestinian scholar, a memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home"--
Brief description: Tareq Baconi is a Palestinian writer, scholar, and activist. He is the grandson of refugees from Jerusalem and Haifa and grew up between Amman and Beirut. His work has appeared in, among others, The New York Times and The Baffler, and he contributes essays to The New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books. He has also written for film; his award-winning BFI short One Like Him, a queer love story set in Jordan, screened in over thirty festivals. He is the author of What Now, Hamas Contained: A History of Palestinian Resistance, which was shortlisted for the Palestine Book Award, and Fire in Every Direction.
Review Quotes: "In this poignant autobiography, queer Palestinian writer and activist Baconi tenderly explores identity, nationality, and family history."
--The Millions