Afdhere Jama (born 1980) 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.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.
Huriyah Jama was the editor in chief of Huriyah (,Standardized Arabic transliteration: / / ; pronunciation: . "freedom"), an LGBT Muslim magazine published between the years 2000 and 2010.LGBT Muslim magazine shuts down . 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.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".Faces of US Muslim and Jewish dissent, The Christian Science Monitor, By Omar Sacirbey, August 4, 2006
Films Hearts (2015) Angelenos (2013)Angelenos(2012) at the Internet Movie Data Base Bits (2012)Bits(2012) at the Internet Movie Data Base Over the Rainbow (2011) (segment "Carlita")Over the Rainbow(2011) at the Internet Movie Data Base Apart (2010)Apart(2010) at the Internet Movie Data Base From Here To Timbuktu (2010) (segment "Trio")From Here To Timbuktu(2010) at the Internet Movie Data Base Rebound (2009)Rebound(2009) at the Internet Movie Data Base Ani (2009)Ani (One Nation Many Voices) Link TV Berlinsomnia (2008) Shukaansi (2007)
Books
Being Queer and Somali: LGBT Somalis At Home and Abroad (2015) Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith (2013)LibraryThings, Queer Jihad Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World (2008) At Noonday with the Gods of Somalia (2004)Somali Poet Mahamud Siad Togane, A Poetic Rumble Out of the Somali Rubble , Togane.Org, Sep 06, 2004
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External links Huriya Magazine Blog by Afdhere Jama