Overcoming
Subtitle: alone against the world : a memoir
By: Hamid Zaher ; foreword by Gregory Terlecki
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Lulu/Amazon
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Raleigh, N.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9781304332363; 9781304380418
Subjects: Gay men; Biography; Cross-dressers; Crimes against; Human rights; Homosexuels masculins; Biographies; Travestis; Crimes contre; Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Other titles: Your enemy is dock-tailed.
Description: This memoir narrates the life journey of a gay Afghanistani man who has struggled with his sexuality and nationality among his country and abroad, in that they denied his identity and asylum.
Notes: "Originally written in Farsi in 2009, in Toronto, Canada. Translated to English by Farrukh Duroudian in 2011. Overcoming is a revised edition of the book previously published as Your Enemy Is Dock-Tailed in 2012, by the iUniverse Publications"--Title page verso.

In English, translated from Farsi.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Babe Nadare?; title: Izak?; title: Sexual feelings; title: The spirit of confusion; title: The ugly truth; title: Tradition and sexual power; title: Superstition; title: My life is only an example; title: The family trap; title: Arrival in Pakistan; title: My Marjan's metal sickness; title: After September 11 attacks; title: Arrival in Iran; title: My conflict with my Marjan; title: Shah Malang's bitter life; title: I was zero; title: Wandering; title: The spider's web; title: Qalandar's lost reputation; title: My acquaintance with Manouchehr; title: Manouchehr's broken tooth; title: Reaction of people of in van - April 2006 Van, Turkey; title: Manouchehr's broken nose; title: Mehdi and Behroz; title: Yilmaz, a Turkish gay; title: June 2006 Van, Turkey; title: I decided to commit suicide; title: In the middle of the intersection; title: Losing self-confidence; title: I decided to return to Afghanistan; title: I discover the secret of asylum; title: The police officer's crying face; title: One-week protest; title: Ashakan had psychological problems; title: Haider was university educated; title: Creating openings in the schedule; title: My journey from Van to Eskişehir; title: Arrival in Canada; title: Rahman was a lunatic; title: Toronto's gay parade; title: Afghanistan's gay closet; title: My acquaintance with Hussain Zahedi; title: My family's reaction; title: Conclusion; title: Appendices.