# Afdhere Jama (Afdheere Jaamac)

> Afdhere Jama (born 1980): Somali-born American writer and filmmaker, editor of Huriyah magazine, author of Being Queer and Somali.

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## Who is he?

Afdhere Jama is an American writer and filmmaker of Somali origin ([Wikipedia, Afdhere Jama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afdhere_Jama)). He was born and raised in Somalia and moved to the United States as a teenager (same source). He describes himself as queer and Muslim (same source). See [Somalis in the United States](/en/diaspora/united-states/).

## Huriyah

From 2000 to 2010 he was editor in chief of *Huriyah* ("freedom"), an LGBT Muslim magazine based in San Francisco ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afdhere_Jama)). It first appeared in Arabic and launched in English in 2002 (same source). He carried out a major interview for each issue (same source).

## Books

- *At Noonday with the Gods of Somalia* (2004) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afdhere_Jama)).
- *Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World* (2008) (same source).
- *Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith* (2013) (same source).
- *Being Queer and Somali: LGBT Somalis at Home and Abroad* (2015) (same source).

## Films

His films include *Shukaansi* (2007), *Berlinsomnia* (2008), *Apart* (2010), *Bits* (2012), *Angelenos* (2013) and *Hearts* (2015) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afdhere_Jama)).

## Views

In 2006 he said he supported a Jewish homeland in Israel, and that Muslims in the United States had to decide how they saw groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afdhere_Jama)). After the Orlando shooting in June 2016, an article he wrote in 2014 about LGBT Muslims was widely shared (same source).

## In short

A Somali-born American writer and filmmaker who edited the LGBT Muslim magazine Huriyah from 2000 to 2010.

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