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Zaidi, Mohsin.
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Zaidi, Mohsin.
Lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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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.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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