God in Pink

God in Pink

<div><p><B>Lambda Literary Award winner, Best Gay Fiction</p></B><p>A revelatory novel about being queer and Muslim, set in war-torn Iraq in 2003. Ramy is a young gay Iraqi struggling to find a balance between his sexuality, religion, and culture. Ammar is a sheikh whose guidance Ramy seeks, and whose tolerance is tested by his belief in the teachings of the Qur'an. Full of quiet moments of beauty and raw depictions of violence, <I>God in Pink </I>poignantly captures the anguish and the fortitude of Islamic life in Iraq.<p><B>Hasan Namir </B>was born in Iraq in 1987. <I>God in Pink</I> is his first novel.<BR></div>