| Khalil & Majnun: A Memoir | 
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Sales Rank: 332001
Category: Book
Author: Rahal X
Publisher: Salaam Press
Studio: Salaam Press
Manufacturer: Salaam Press
Label: Salaam Press
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 188
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0980013879
EAN: 9780980013870
ASIN: 0980013879
Publication Date: July 25, 2008
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Product Description
In Khalil & Majnun, what seemed like a casual encounter turns into a life-changing experience for the author. With wit and insight, Rahal X takes us on a journey into the heart of spirituality, self discovery and love.
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I loved reading every word! September 25, 2008
Once I started reading thi book, I could not let it go until I had finished it. I enjoy the opennes of author, the humor and honesty. I felt remembering my own life, and knowledge of my own travels and experiences.
I am not gay, and I felt like I related to the story so much. It made me think about spirituality,religion, today's crisis with HIV, friendship and the need of companionship in the human world. Also I observed how the characters, as each of us, have their own perceptions about "reality" and the need to identify with a culture, a religion, a place in the world.
I truly recommend this book to anyone, anywhere.
emotional and spiritual rollercoaster August 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this book threw me into a number and often opposite emotional states. given its combination of spiritual quest and emotional sincerity, it touches the sensitive reader on a very profound level. I am not gay, and I would say the book is not so much about sexual orientation, but about love, submission, and all the tricks we play with ourselves. that's why everybody with an open heart should be able to bond to the main characters' hopes, desires and difficulties. the book may even be more challenging on religious, than sexual grounds, exactly because of its open-minded treatment of the main character's spiritual and erotic life. I read straight through, always bouncing between laughing and crying, tenderness and anger. Just like in real life. Great!
Excellent August 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not a literary critic, but I am a voracious reader and I judge a book by how difficult it is to put down. I love a good read at bedtime and this was one of those books that kept me awake, wanting to find out what happened next before I drifted off to sleep. It was especially interesting because I know the author and - as of this writing - I am having some of the same challenges he faced with my own "Khalil." So, sometimes as I was reading, I was wondering if it was prophetic. Definitely felt that this wasn't the end of the story. I'm already looking forward to a sequence.
Exotic as it is thought-provoking August 15, 2008
Don't let the cover fool you, "KHALIL & MAJNUN: A MEMOIR" is not a "For Gays Only Book" - au contraire! I, as a heterosexual woman and writer, utterly enjoyed the witty style of multiple-talent author Rahal X. and can well relate to his personal quest seeking love and the truth, which after all are universal themes. Sensuality and spirituality get mixed up in a healthy and harmonious way, even though to some more conservative souls this might be a slightly unorthodox approach. With humor Rahal brings across his authentic reality in a convincing and very touching manner. The book by itself is a marvel - one of those you want to re-read again - but that the author decided to go multi-media with original music, visuals and written material on the publisher's website is indeed another wonderful and exciting treat. It gives the reader the idea that this is a magic book without an end. The book is a "must" for all those interested in multi-cultural issues, identity and traveling. Read it and enjoy!
 Review July 28, 2008
There's many things going on here. The storyline is one, and the storyline, appropriately enough is identity. What is the nature of a storyline, and how do we play our roles. I guess that theme is universal, although generally veiled. But from a radical queer activist sufi in Europe, and in the context of his idealized relationship with an inexperienced consort, it is that philosophical theme more than a storyline that asserts itself. How the philosophical issues resolve themselves, however, takes place within a broader context still, the emotional and, ultimately, the profoundly spiritual. I stayed with the author who struggles to stay open to love, despite intellectual and emotional upheavals - to stay present, to stay with it, not to close to love or his beloved - what if our storylines are metaphors! The author's somewhat didactic, but by sharing his very intimate example of how his his spiritual longing informs his life and his struggles, and by not losing sight of his practice, and interweaving Rumi, al Arabi, other sufi and pre-sufi masters, with a nod to Gurdjieff and Casteneda, he grows, and his writing is all the more rich for the author's being a three dimensional individual rather than contriving a suspicous objectivity - this is very personal! What's essential? Very rich, there's many aspects I want to reread.
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