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Intolerable

Kamal Al-Solaylee

2012204 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2012
first published
  • 2012HarperCollins Publishers · ENGISBN 9781443401845
  • 2012HarperCollins Canada · 204 pages · ENGISBN 9781554688869
  • 2013204 pages · ENGISBN 9780062294845

A true story of life in the modern Middle-East spanning the nearly six decades from the nationalism of the 1960s to the Arab Spring of 2011, by a prominent Canadian journalist. In the '60s, Al-Solayee's father was one of the wealthiest property owners in Aden, south of Yemen, but when the country shrugged off its colonial roots, his properties were confiscated. As a gay man living in an intolerant country Al-Solayee fled to be able to enjoy his personal freedom.

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