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I''m in Seattle, Where Are You?: A Memoir

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By (author): Mortada Gzar

Translated by: William Hutchins

An award-winning Iraqi writer creates a new world for himself in Seattle in search of lost love. As the US occupation of Iraq rages, novelist Mortada Gzar, a student at the University of Baghdad, has a chance encounter with Morise, an African American soldier. Its love at first sight, a threat to them both, and a moment of self-discovery. Challenged by societys rejection and Morises return to the US, Mortada takes to the page to understand himself. In his deeply affecting memoir, Mortada interweaves tales of his childhood work as a scrap-metal collector in a war zone and the indignities faced by openly gay artists in Iraq with his impossible love story and journey to the US. Marginalized by his own society, he is surprised to discover the racism he finds in a new one. At its heart, Im in Seattle, Where Are You? is a moving tale of love and resilience. See more
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  • Publication Date: 01 Apr 2021
  • Publisher: Amazon Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781542016582

About Mortada Gzar

Iraqi novelist filmmaker journalist and visual artist Mortada Gzar was born in Kuwait in 1982 grew up in Basra Iraq and now lives in Seattle Washington. He earned a degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Baghdad and was later a member of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Gzar is the author of four novels a childrens book and a short-story collection; he has illustrated two books for children. English translations of his work have appeared in Words Without Borders World Literature Today and Iraq + 100: The First Anthology of Science Fiction to Have Emerged from Iraq and his journalism and political cartoons are featured in Arabic newspapers. Gzars animated films have been featured in international film festivals his film Language was awarded a grant by the Doha Film Institute and he created the Seattle Arab Film Festival hosted by the Northwest Film Forum.

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