Exile of the Heart

<p><strong style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)><em>Exile of the Heart</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)> is a powerful memoir by journalist </span><strong style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)>Rasheed Abou-Elsamh</strong><span style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)> chronicling his journey as a gay Arab-American man who grew up across continents worked for two decades in </span><strong style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)>Saudi Arabia</strong><span style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)> and lived for many years in </span><strong style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)>Brazil. </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)>With raw honesty he recounts the struggles of reconciling his identity with cultural expectations the heartbreak of betrayal by a partner and the long road to healing.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(10 10 10 1)>At once intimate and universal his story speaks to resilience belonging and the courage it takes to live one's truth.</span></p><p></p><p></p>