Afdhere Jama
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| name = Afdhere Jama
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| birth_date = 1980
| birth_place = Somalia
| nationality = American
| occupation = Writer, Filmmaker
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| notable_works = Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World (2008)
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{{short description|American writer}}
Afdhere Jama (born 1980){{Cn|date=April 2025}} 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 is queer and Muslim.[http://whosoever.org/v8i2/baghdad.shtml Troubles in Baghdad]. Whosoever Magazine
In June 2016, after a shooting in Orlando, an article Jama had written in 2014 about LGBT Muslims was shared on social media.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Counterview: It's time to stop blaming British imperialism for India's prejudice against gay people|url=http://scroll.in/article/810397/counterview-its-time-to-stop-blaming-british-imperialism-for-indias-prejudice-against-gay-people|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Scroll.in|date=22 June 2016|language=en-US|archive-url=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 |archive-date=2016-06-23 }}
Huriyah
Jama was the editor in chief of Huriyah{{Cite web|title=Irans Anti-Gay Pogrom|url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/iran-anti-gay-pogrom|access-date=2020-11-19|website=In These Times|date=4 January 2006 |language=en}} ({{langx|ar|حرية}},Standardized Arabic transliteration: {{transliteration|ar|ALA|Ḥurrīyah}} / {{transliteration|ar|DIN|Ḥurriyyah}} / {{transliteration|ar|Wehr|ḥurriyya}}; pronunciation: {{IPA|/ħur.rij.ja/}} {{IPA|ar|ħoɾˈɾejjæ, ħʊrˈrɪjja|}}. "freedom"), an LGBT Muslim magazine published between the years 2000 and 2010.[http://www.i-newswire.com/lgbt-muslim-magazine-shuts-down/48250 LGBT Muslim magazine shuts down] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130629113907/http://www.i-newswire.com/lgbt-muslim-magazine-shuts-down/48250|date=June 29, 2013}}. i-Newswire. 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.[http://alt.religion.islam.narkive.com/ry7ORbI5/huriyah-a-queer-muslim-magazine Introduction to Huriyah Magazine]. Alt-Religion.com. 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".[http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0804/p03s02-ussc.html Faces of US Muslim and Jewish dissent], The Christian Science Monitor, By Omar Sacirbey, August 4, 2006
Films
- Hearts (2015){{Citation|title=Hearts (2015) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3398084/|access-date=2021-04-07}}
- Angelenos (2013)Angelenos(2012) at the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2040272/ Internet Movie Data Base]
- Bits (2012)Bits(2012) at the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2443974/ Internet Movie Data Base]
- Over the Rainbow (2011) (segment "Carlita")Over the Rainbow(2011) at the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1926307/ Internet Movie Data Base]
- Apart (2010)Apart(2010) at the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1744822/ Internet Movie Data Base]
- From Here To Timbuktu (2010) (segment "Trio")From Here To Timbuktu(2010) at the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1674693/ Internet Movie Data Base]
- Rebound (2009)Rebound(2009) at the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1479780/ Internet Movie Data Base]
- Ani (2009)Ani (One Nation Many Voices) [http://www.linktv.org/onenation/films/view/297 Link TV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610040917/http://www.linktv.org/onenation/films/view/297 |date=2009-06-10 }}
- Berlinsomnia (2008){{Citation|last=|first=|title=Berlinsomnia|date=|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1498174/|type=|publisher=|access-date=2021-04-07}}
- Shukaansi (2007){{Citation|last=|first=|title=Shukaansi|date=|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1543048/|type=|publisher=|access-date=2021-04-07}}
Books
- Being Queer and Somali: LGBT Somalis At Home and Abroad (2015){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IwwjgEACAAJ |title=Being Queer and Somali |last=Jama |first=Afdhere |date=2015 |publisher=Oracle Releasing |isbn=9780983716198 |access-date=April 19, 2021}}
- Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith (2013)LibraryThings, [http://www.librarything.com/work/11711850 Queer Jihad]
- Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World (2008){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhPKNwAACAAJ |title=Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World |last=Jama |first=Afdhere |date=2008 |publisher=Salaam Press |isbn=9780980013887 |access-date=April 19, 2021}}
- At Noonday with the Gods of Somalia (2004)Somali Poet Mahamud Siad Togane, [http://www.togane.org/index.php/extended/a_poetic_rumble_out_of_the_somali_rubble/ A Poetic Rumble Out of the Somali Rubble] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703220239/http://www.togane.org/index.php/extended/a_poetic_rumble_out_of_the_somali_rubble/ |date=July 3, 2008 }}, Togane.Org, Sep 06, 2004
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External links
- [http://huriyahmag.blogspot.com/ Huriya Magazine Blog by Afdhere Jama]
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Category:American male journalists
Category:Filmmakers from California
Category:Somalian emigrants to the United States
Category:American LGBTQ writers
Category:Somalian LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century American poets