{"id":16665,"date":"2023-08-02T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=16665"},"modified":"2023-11-10T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T22:41:32","slug":"james-chaarani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/james-chaarani\/","title":{"rendered":"James Chaarani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>James Chaarani is a Toronto-based writer and journalist. He identifies as a Lebanese-Canadian whose parents immigrated to Canada and raised him in a Muslim family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"499\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/08\/Between-the-Head-and-the-Hands-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16668 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 324px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 324\/499;width:140px;height:215px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/08\/Between-the-Head-and-the-Hands-book-cover.jpg 324w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/08\/Between-the-Head-and-the-Hands-book-cover-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/08\/Between-the-Head-and-the-Hands-book-cover-97x150.jpg 97w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Between the Head and the Hands: A Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto: ECW Press, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>When Michael Dawouk is disowned by his Muslim family for being gay, he turns his back on the religion and culture he grew up with. He is forced out onto the street, only to be taken in by a former high school teacher who offers him room and board in exchange for sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael is soon left with nothing to believe in, until he meets Wyatt, a successful Texan businessman who takes him under his wing. But what Michael can\u2019t see is that his mentor is just as lost as he is. Searching for the connection and belonging he lost when he left home, Michael immerses himself in temporary pleasures \u2014 nights of danger, intrigue, and meaningless sex \u2014 until he begins to crave a kinder form of love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/ecwpress.com\">ECW Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Chaarani is a Toronto-based writer and journalist. He identifies as a Lebanese-Canadian whose parents immigrated to Canada and raised him in a Muslim family. Fiction Between the Head and the Hands: A Novel Toronto: ECW Press, 2023. 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