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Podcast: Allusions: LGBTQ Writing
Episode: Timothy Jay Smith - Istanbul Crossing
Description: In this coming-of-age literary thriller, Ahdaf, a gay Syrian refugee, after watching his cousin executed by ISIS for being homosexual, flees to Istanbul for safety. Ahdaf’s reputation as apeople smuggler has put him in danger once more. A Syrian refugee himself,Ahdaf earns a meager living in Istanbul helping others make the crossing toGreece – a perilous line of work, but no less so than what he would face if thetruth of his sexuality were discovered by ISIS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...