Afdhere Jama Explained

Afdhere Jama
Birth Date:	1980
Birth Place:	Somalia
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Writer, Filmmaker
Notable Works:	Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World (2008)

Afdhere Jama (born 1980) is an American writer and filmmaker of Somali origin.

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. Jama identifies as queer and Muslim.^[1]

In June 2016, after a shooting in Orlando, an article Jama had written in 2014 about LGBT Muslims was shared on social media.^[2]

Huriyah

Jama was the editor in chief of Huriyah^[3] (Arabic: حرية,^[4] "freedom"), an LGBT Muslim magazine published between the years 2000 and 2010.^[5] 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.^[6] It had a major interview every month, conducted by Jama, including of Daayiee Abdullah and Faisal Alam.

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".^[7]

Films

• Hearts (2015)
• Angelenos (2013)^[8]
• Bits (2012)^[9]
• Over the Rainbow (2011) (segment "Carlita")^[10]
• Apart (2010)^[11]
• From Here To Timbuktu (2010) (segment "Trio")^[12]
• Rebound (2009)^[13]
• Ani (2009)^[14]
• Berlinsomnia (2008)
• Shukaansi (2007)

Books

• Being Queer and Somali: LGBT Somalis At Home and Abroad (2015)^[15]
• Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith (2013)^[16]
• Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World (2008)^[17]
• At Noonday with the Gods of Somalia (2004)^[18]

External links

• Huriya Magazine Blog by Afdhere Jama

Notes and References

1. http://whosoever.org/v8i2/baghdad.shtml Troubles in Baghdad
2. Web site: Counterview: It's time to stop blaming British imperialism for India's prejudice against gay people. live. 2021-04-23. Scroll.in. 22 June 2016. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20160623151005/http://scroll.in/article/810397/counterview-its-time-to-stop-blaming-british-imperialism-for-indias-prejudice-against-gay-people . 2016-06-23 .
3. Web site: Irans Anti-Gay Pogrom. 2020-11-19. In These Times. 4 January 2006 . en.
4. Standardized Arabic transliteration: / / ; pronunciation: pronounced as //ħur.rij.ja// pronounced as /ar/.
5. http://www.i-newswire.com/lgbt-muslim-magazine-shuts-down/48250 LGBT Muslim magazine shuts down
6. http://alt.religion.islam.narkive.com/ry7ORbI5/huriyah-a-queer-muslim-magazine Introduction to Huriyah Magazine
7. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0804/p03s02-ussc.html Faces of US Muslim and Jewish dissent
8. Angelenos(2012) at the Internet Movie Data Base
9. Bits(2012) at the Internet Movie Data Base
10. Over the Rainbow(2011) at the Internet Movie Data Base
11. Apart(2010) at the Internet Movie Data Base
12. From Here To Timbuktu(2010) at the Internet Movie Data Base
13. Rebound(2009) at the Internet Movie Data Base
14. Ani (One Nation Many Voices) Link TV
15. Book: Jama, Afdhere . Being Queer and Somali . 2015 . Oracle Releasing . 9780983716198 . April 19, 2021.
16. LibraryThings, Queer Jihad
17. Book: Jama, Afdhere . Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World . 2008 . Salaam Press . 9780980013887 . April 19, 2021.
18. Somali Poet Mahamud Siad Togane, A Poetic Rumble Out of the Somali Rubble, Togane.Org, Sep 06, 2004