{"product_id":"selamlik-by-khaled-alesmael","title":"Selamlik by Khaled Alesmael","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFurat, a Syrian in his early 20s, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evisits Sibki Park in Damascus, one of the city's most popular cruising areas. There \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe learns about the hammams, secret meeting places for gay men located \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethroughout the old city. Inside these public baths, the air is thick with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003escent of bay laurel soap, and naked men hide in the steam. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFurat faces sometimes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eviolent disapproval from all levels of society--regime, religion, the man in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estreet--and yet he manages to find the love he's been seeking just before his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworld collapses and he's forced to flee. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelamlik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the story of Furat's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ejourney, along with that of other refugees. It's a journey in which they face \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ephysical and economic hardship, draconian migration laws, and the unwelcome \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egrief, shame, and hatred they've carried with them from their ever more distant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epasts. Despite everything, Furat remains steadfast in his pursuit of passion, pleasure, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 176 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44715787714775,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781642861488.jpg?v=1711554143","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/selamlik-by-khaled-alesmael","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}