BOOK EVENT: Selamlik by Khaled Alesmael
Fri 24 May
|London
The Common Press are hugely excited to host Khaled Alesmael for an event celebrating the release of his stunning novel, Selamlik. Join us on 24th May from 6:30pm
Time & Location
24 May 2024, 19:00 – 21:00
London, 118 Bethnal Grn Rd, London E2 6DG, UK
About the event
The Common Press are hugely excited to host Khaled Alesmael for an event celebrating the release of his stunning novel, Selamlik.
Join us on 24th May from 6:30pm
About the book:
An emotional and unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism
Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, visits Sibki Park in Damascus, which serves as a gathering place for gay men from all over the city. He learns about the Hammams, secret meeting places for gays located throughout the old city. Inside these public baths, the air is thick with the scent of bay laurel soap, and naked men hide in the steam. Despite society, religion and regime disapproval, Furat finds the love he seeks just before being forced to flee as his world changes. Later on, Furat wakes up in a cold sweat at an asylum in the Swedish forest recalling a terrifying dream in which he was…