Barrister Mohs Zaidi talks to Rory Sullivan about his powerful memoir, which explor his journey to acceptance as a gay Mlim
Contents:
- WHY HIGH-FLYG BARRISTER MOHS ZAIDI’S MEMOIR OF A GAY MLIM’S JOURNEY TO ACCEPTANCE IS A MT-READ
- WHAT 'S LIKE GROWG UP AS A GAY BRISH MLIM – AND HOW MY FAY ME TO TERMS WH
- IS SAIMA MOHS GAY?
- AUTHOR SHAR HEARTBREAKG STORY OF G OUT AS GAY AND MLIM: ‘MY FATHER ASKED A WCH DOCTOR TO CURE ME’
- GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
- A DUTIFUL BOY: A MEMOIR OF SECRETS, LI AND FAY LOVE (WNER OF THE LAMBDA 2021 LERARY AWARD FOR BT GAY MEMOIR/BGRAPHY)
WHY HIGH-FLYG BARRISTER MOHS ZAIDI’S MEMOIR OF A GAY MLIM’S JOURNEY TO ACCEPTANCE IS A MT-READ
‘A Dutiful Boy’ is Zaidi’s story of growg up a strict Mlim hoehold where to be gay was nceivable, on sale 20th Augt * is mohsin gay *
‘A Dutiful Boy’ is Zaidi’s story of growg up a strict Mlim hoehold where to be gay was nceivable – has been scribed as ‘a book that will save liv’Twter: @FoylMohs Zaidi, 35, was recently terviewed the Tim – not jt terviewed, they chose the handsome, high-flyg, Oxford-ted barrister to grace the weekend magaze’s ver.
Bee Zaidi has ‘fied a Brish-Asian taboo’ and gone public wh a memoir, to be published Augt, about growg up as a closet gay Mlim. Journalist Sathnam Sangera says ‘’s a book that will save liv’ book, A Dutiful Boy, rells a childhood growg up queer a strict Mlim hoehold wh a vout shia Mlim muny – where to be gay was neivable.
He entertaed the though of suici and even lled a wch doctor to cure him of his homophobia of his childhood was tense. Sathnam wr that an uncle lled him ‘Fag Bag’ for simply listeng to Mariah Carey and that on drivg past a Gay Pri march London as a teenager, such was the extent of his self-loathg, he remarked that ‘they should all be bombed’.
WHAT 'S LIKE GROWG UP AS A GAY BRISH MLIM – AND HOW MY FAY ME TO TERMS WH
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Instagram: @mohszaidi_ldnZaidi poignantly says his terview wh the Tim: ‘For gays, I was too Mlim. For Mlims, I was too gay.
He is on the board of Stonewall, the chary that mpaigns for the qualy of LGBTQIA+ across Bra, named after the rts 1969 that prompted the gay liberatn movement.
IS SAIMA MOHS GAY?
Growg up, Mohs Zaidi felt that 'beg gay wasn't an optn'. Here he explas how he helped blaze a trail for other young LGBT Mlims * is mohsin gay *
Sathnam Sanghera wr that he had to put the book down on several ocsns to cry, g an example of when Zaidi’s brother works all out and texts him sayg, ‘I’m jt so sorry you had to go through alone’ FT's former edor Lnel Barber and Afua Hirsch are among the many to remend the memoir, by all acunts, ’s a eply movg acunt that is well worth lvg to – pecially sce even the 21st century, homosexualy remas a taboo many Brish Asian muni. He is a barrister, LGBT rights mpaigner – and now the thor of a memoir about the stggle of growg up as a gay man a nservative Mlim 35-year-old’s but book, A Dutiful Boy, me about after he entered a wrg petn on a whim 2016.
AUTHOR SHAR HEARTBREAKG STORY OF G OUT AS GAY AND MLIM: ‘MY FATHER ASKED A WCH DOCTOR TO CURE ME’
Is Saima Mohs Gay? Come and disver what has been stated lately about this and what is Saima Mohs sayg about this. * is mohsin gay *
He is gay and he leav the muny and mov to London, where he has to work as a sex worker.
GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
Mohs Zaidi spoke to Jeremy Ve about his plex and unique experienc, both as a gay Mlim and a workg-class stunt at Oxford. * is mohsin gay *
Growg up, Mohs Zaidi felt that 'beg gay wasn't an optn'. There's plenty for rears to chew over, but arguably s central nflict is between a young Zaidi’s dawng realisatn that he is a gay man and the Pakistani herage and vout Mlim fah of his parents. “Beg gay jt wasn't an optn, ” Zaidi explas.
A DUTIFUL BOY: A MEMOIR OF SECRETS, LI AND FAY LOVE (WNER OF THE LAMBDA 2021 LERARY AWARD FOR BT GAY MEMOIR/BGRAPHY)
This rivetg memoir of a gay Brish Mlim’s journey to acceptance livers a msage of universal relevance * is mohsin gay *
“I don't thk I was ever told anythg homophobic as a child. I did hear homophobia om one of my uncl, but who didn't have an uncle the 1980s who was homophobic? Zaidi rells his teenage terror at his growg unrstandg of his sexualy; pilgrimag to holy s Syria where he begged god to remove his homosexualy; throwaway jok om fay members steeped homophobia cut through his memory like kniv.
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Even as an adult, a succsful lawyer and openly gay, he adms to sometim feelg like an outsir.
While he thks thgs have fely improved for young gay Mlims wh more role mols, more support, and more rmatn available, Zaidi is fully gnizant of the challeng still faced by morn Brish people whose opposg sectns of inty don’t seem to gel.