Shame was a way to police the behavior of children, and it was not only done by parents but also by teachers, shopkeepers, and other adults. The novel opens with the sentence, “The morning begins with shame.” What role does the concept of shame – of having same-sex desires, not fulfilling familial expectations or the societal ideas of “being a man” – play in your novel? Shame is a concept that I’ve always been interested in exploring in some way, because it played a huge factor in my upbringing. 14-16 at LCB), Danijel Ćubelić from the University of Heidelberg asked the author a few questions Before Saleem Haddad takes the stage at queer literature festival Empfindlichkeiten (Jul. It depicts a day in the life of Rasa – filled with flashbacks – after his overbearing grandmother catches him in bed with his male lover, his internal turmoil intertwining with the political upheaval of the Arabic country he lives in. Born in Kuwait to an Iraqi-German mother and a Palestinian-Lebanese father, Haddad has done aid work with Doctors Without Borders, and likewise, his novel somehow transcends a typical East/West divide. 12, 2016 – This spring, Saleem Haddad made an impressive debut into the literary world with Guapa.
14-16 at LCB), the author discusses his coming-of-age novel 'Guapa' and the West's mispercetions of Arab queers In advance of his appearance at the Empfindlichkeiten festival (Jul.
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