Are You This? Or Are You This? : A Story of Identity and Worth Style:Paperback By: Diana Goetsch

By: Diana Goetsch

Rich with raw beauty

so closely hidden during her teenage years

the dam broke and the valley flooded—drowning the town and everyone trapped inside

By: Deya Muniz

Are You This? Or Are You This? : A Story of Identity and Worth Style:Paperback By: Diana GoetschBy Madian Al Jazerah, Ellen Georgiou (With) A gay man's honest memoir of hardship, courage, community and kin in the Arab world and beyond. When Madian Al Jazerah came out to his Arab parents, his mother had one question. 'Are you this?' she asked, cupping her hand. 'Or are you this?' she motioned with a poking finger. If you're the poker, she said, you aren't a homosexual. For Madian, this opposition reveals not who he is, but patriarchy, power, and