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A gripping tale of sexuality and persecution in contemporary Egypt

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Hani was out for an evening stroll near Cairo´s Tahrir Square when a heavy hand landed on his shoulder. An informant had identified him, and he was thrown into the back of a police truck. There began a seven-month nightmare as he was swept up, along with fifty other men, in the infamous Queen Boat affair that targeted Egypt´s gay community.
Finally free, but traumatized into speechlessness, Hani writes down the events of his life-his first sexual desires, his relationship with his mother, his marriage of convenience, and his passion for Abdel Aziz, the only man he ever truly loved.
In the Spider´s Room is a sensitive and courageous account of life as a gay man in Egypt.

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"Beautiful and immensely enjoyable . . . to read In the Spider´s Room is to enter a powerful story." Mada Masr

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Abdelnabi, Muhammad
Muhammad Abdelnabi is a novelist and short story writer based in Banha, Egypt.

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