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Zaidi, Mohsin.
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Zaidi, Mohsin.
Lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Gay lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Muslim gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Zaidi, Mohsin.
Zaidi, Mohsin.
Lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Gay lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Muslim gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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A
dutiful
boy
: a
memoir
of a
gay
Muslim
's
journey
to
acceptance
/ Mohsin Zaidi.
by
Zaidi, Mohsin.
Square Peg, c2020.
Call #:
306.766092 Z21d
Subjects
Zaidi, Mohsin.
Lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Gay
lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Muslim
gay
men -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781529110159 (pbk.)
Description:
280 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Mohsin grew up in a deprived pocket of east London; his family was close-knit but very religiously conservative. From a young age Mohsin felt different but in a home where being
gay
was inconceivable he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where gang violence was a fact of life. As he grew up life didn’t seem to offer teenage Mohsin any choices: he was disenfranchised as a poor, brown
boy
, and he was isolated from his family as a closet
gay
Muslim
. However Mohsin had incredible drive and he used education as a way out of his home life and to throw himself into a new kind of life. He became the first person from his school to go to Oxford University and there he found the freedom to come out to his friends. But Oxford was a whole different world with its own huge challenges and Mohsin found himself increasingly conflicted. It came to a head when Mohsin went back to visit his parents only to be confronted by his father and a witchdoctor he'd invited to 'cure' Mohsin. Although Mohsin's story takes harrowing turns it is full of life and humour, and it ends inspiringly. Through his irrepressible spirit Mohsin breaks through emotional and social barriers and in the end he even finds
acceptance
from his family. Now Mohsin is a top criminal barrister who fights large-scale cases on a daily basis. Having faced battles growing up, he truly understands the importance of justice as a way of life."--From publisher.
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Memoirs.
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