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War / Torn
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2020 Stonewall Book Award – Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor Book
Lambda Literary Award-winner Hasan Namir';s debut collection of poetry, War / Torn, is a brazen and lyrical interrogation of religion and masculinity—the performance and sense of belonging they delineate and draw together. Namir summons prayer, violence, and the sensuality of love, revisiting tenets of Islam and dictates of war to break the barriers between the profane and the sacred.
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Against the Wall
Nothing Greater (I)
The family fails
Run!
I let you run
What about you?
I will see you over there
What about you?
In God’s Jannah
There is nothing greater than Allah
I have no regrets no fear
I feel no pain pain I feel
Shath Lotee Lotee Shath
No I feel no pain but fear
I feel no fear but fear I feel
Push me already Push Push
Push Push Push Push Push
Let me Lotee let me Shath
Push—
Let me sink and rise—
Allahu Akbar
Allahu Akbar
Mosque/Internal
MOSQUE
EVENING
INTERNAL
EVENING
INTERNAL
Fadi stares at himself in the mirror
sheikh: Homosexuality is unlawful in Islam / It is neither accepted by the state nor by the Islamic Society / Quran clearly states that it is unjust unnatural transgression ignorant criminal and corrupt / I have collected verses from the Quran which clearly show us this haram… (Fade out)
FLASHBACK
ADAM’S BEDROOM
INTERNAL
ADAM’S BEDROOM
INTERNAL
Fadi and Adam kiss passionately on the bed,
tongues interlocked
sheikh: If two men among you commit indecency / punish them both / If they repent and mend their ways, let them be/ God is forgiving and merciful
MOSQUE
EVENING
INTERNAL
EVENING
INTERNAL
Yusef scans the area and looks for Fadi
sheikh: God says / You lust after men instead of women / Truly you are a degenerate people
MOSQUE
WASHROOM
EVENING
WASHROOM
EVENING
INTERNAL
Fadi washes his hands and face and glimpses his own reflection
ADAM’S BEDROOM
EVENING
EVENING
Fadi and Adam continue to kiss shirtless / soaked / in sweat / breathless
sheikh: Do you commit indecency with your eyes open lustfully seeking men instead of women? Surely you are ignorant people
INSIDE
THE
CAR
THE
CAR
Yusef gazes at them through his window
Fadi is down on Adam, who moans, eyes wide shut
Yusef’s face a masquerade filled with shock and anger
Yusef’s car drives past them
Fadi stops and looks up at Adam
Fadi is down on Adam, who moans, eyes wide shut
Yusef’s face a masquerade filled with shock and anger
Yusef’s car drives past them
Fadi stops and looks up at Adam
adam: Shit I hope someone wasn’t watching or anything
HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE
NIGHT
INTERNAL
NIGHT
INTERNAL
Among the crowded audience, Yusef sits all alone, uncomfortable and nervous
Fadi and Adam wear dress shirts and dress pants, stand together
Behind them is a background that illustrates a street in Verona
Fadi and Adam wear dress shirts and dress pants, stand together
Behind them is a background that illustrates a street in Verona
adam: Hand me a torch / I hate dawdling along / Because I have a heavy heart I will carry the light
fadi: No, Romeo / We want you to dance too
adam: Not me / I assure you / You have on dancing shoes with light soles
Fadi draws his sword against Stuart, a high school student, a drama diva
In the audience, Yusef puts his hand on his jeans pocket. His hand shakes in fear
fadi: Tybalt / you rat catcher / will you come with me?
In the audience, Yusef’s hand shakes as it reaches for the gun
adam: Mercutio / put up your sword
On the stage, Fadi and S...
Table of contents
- More praise for War / Torn
- Contents
- Lotee & Shath
- Blood Spot
- Against the Wall
- The Mornings I Kissed SaddAM
- Jannah
- Glossary
- About the Author
- Colophon