Afdhere Jama
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.
Afdhere Jama
- Name
- Afdhere Jama
- Born
- 1980
- Birthplace
- Somalia
- Occupation
- Writer, Filmmaker
- Nationality
- United States · Somalia
- Languages
- Somali
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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.
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Afdhere Jama (born 1980) is a film director, journalist and poet, among other activities, a national of Somalia and the United States. The film director was born in Kismayo. Languages used include Somali.
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Biography
Jama is queer and Muslim. In June 2016, after a shooting in Orlando, an article Jama had written in 2014 about LGBT Muslims was shared on social media.
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• Name — Afdhere Jama • Born — 1980 • Birthplace — Somalia • Occupation — Writer, Filmmaker • Notable Works — Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World (2008)
Huriyah
Huriyah
Jama was the editor in chief of Huriyah ("freedom"), an LGBT Muslim magazine published between the years 2000 and 2010. It was based in San Francisco, California. Huriyah used the slogan "Queer Muslim Magazine". The magazine was first published in Arabic and launched in English in 2002, with a focus on both LGBT and Muslim issues in politics, arts, and spirituality. It had a major interview every month, conducted by Jama, including of Daayiee Abdullah and Faisal Alam.
Political views
Political views
In 2006 Jama stated, "My main difference with the majority of Muslims is the belief that a Jewish homeland is an important progress for all of us, especially one in their ancestral land of Israel". He continued, "Muslims in the United States must decide whether they see groups like Hamas and Hizbullah as legitimate resistance or the cause of Muslim troubles in the region".
Life and career
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Life and career
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1980
Afdhere Jama born at Kismayo.
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)
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)
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- 1.Jama, Afdhere.
- 2.Troubles in Baghdad. Whosoever Magazine
- 3.Counterview: It's time to stop blaming British imperialism for India's prejudice against gay people. Scroll.in. 22 June 2016.
- 4.Irans Anti-Gay Pogrom. In These Times. 4 January 2006.
- 5.Standardized Arabic transliteration: / / ; pronunciation: .
- 6.LGBT Muslim magazine shuts down . i-Newswire.
- 7.Introduction to Huriyah Magazine. Alt-Religion.com.
- 8.Faces of US Muslim and Jewish dissent, The Christian Science Monitor, By Omar Sacirbey, August 4, 2006
- 9.Hearts (2015) - IMDb.
- 10.Angelenos(2012) at the Internet Movie Data Base
- 11.Bits(2012) at the Internet Movie Data Base
- 12.Over the Rainbow(2011) at the Internet Movie Data Base
- 13.Apart(2010) at the Internet Movie Data Base
- 14.From Here To Timbuktu(2010) at the Internet Movie Data Base
- 15.Rebound(2009) at the Internet Movie Data Base
- 16.Ani (One Nation Many Voices) Link TV
- 17.Berlinsomnia.
- 18.Shukaansi.
- 19.Jama, Afdhere. Being Queer and Somali. Oracle Releasing. 2015. 9780983716198.
- 20.LibraryThings, Queer Jihad
- 21.Jama, Afdhere. Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World. Salaam Press. 2008. 9780980013887.
- 22.Somali Poet Mahamud Siad Togane, A Poetic Rumble Out of the Somali Rubble , Togane.Org, Sep 06, 2004
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Afdhere Jama is recorded as journalist, poet, writer and film director.
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