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  • Paperback: 228 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge (9 May 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1560233400
  • ISBN-13: 978-1560233404
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.2 x 22.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"Provides a Useful and Challenging Bridge between the diverse worlds. . . . Colorful, Highly Readable and Thought-Provoking."

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Few writers have had as many interesting experiences as Michael Luongo during his many years writing on Argentina. During Juan Peron's 2006 reburial, he accidentally rode the coffin through the streets of Buenos Aires, and he once dabbed on perfume from the last bottle Evita used before she died. In addition to Frommer's, Michael has written on Argentina for the "New York Times, Bloomberg News," the "Chicago Tribune," the "New York Post, Frommers Budget Travel, National Geographic Traveler, Town & Country Travel, The Advocate, Out Traveler," and numerous other publications. He has visited over 80 countries and all seven continents (and has lived on three of them). Argentina is one of his favorite places. You can share in his travel writing and photography adventures at www.michaelluongo.com and www.misterbuenosaires.com. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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4.0 out of 5 starsAn insight into a forbidden world...
By Walter Hypes on 25 Aug. 2007
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In this haunting collection of seventeen short stories, editor Michael Luongo introduces us to the sights, sounds and smells of the Middle East with an interesting slant. Interweaving both the personal and the political, this book looks at homosexuality, Islam and the world we find ourselves in now seen through the personal experiences of gay men in the US, Europe, and from the Middle East.

From Morocco to Mauritania, to Oman, and then on to Bangladesh, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, Gay Travels in the Moslem World gives us unique window into, what at first glance, seems to be a closed and deeply closeted world. Ranging from the sensual and the poetic to the informative, and also to the heavily didactic, this collection gets right to the heart of what it actually means to be "gay" in these Muslim societies.

In the first Story It All Began with Mamadou, a nice Jewish boy joins the Peace Corps and is posted to Mauritania, and it is here in his social and sexual interactions with the local men that he comes to realization that people who live elsewhere in the world live and deal with a far more fluid definition of sexuality than we experience in the West.

In David Steven's short offering I want Your Eyes, a young blond westerner leaves his hotel in a noisy suburb of Muscat, capital of the Sultanate of Oman. With his heart pounding and all around him the pulse of Hindi movie music and the yapping of wild dogs, he wonders the streets on the hunt for the touch of another man. Yet do these young men stare at him because he is different or do they gaze in desire?Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsInterest, if hackneyed in parts
By James Riley on 30 Dec. 2009
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The book is compilation of many men's stories which in some way link to the Muslim world. They vary: some are interesting, some amusing, some sordid, some are cliched, yet by and large they give insight into the politics and emotions which arise from homosexuality against an islamic backdrop. Definitely worth a read, if you're interested, but no great work of literature.
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HASH(0x8bb99db0) out of 5 stars Broader prospective than the Middle East 21 Aug. 2007
By Jay Davidson - Published on Amazon.com
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The book description mentions "traveling in the Middle East." Readers should understand that the Muslim world far exceeds this limited geographic region and that many of the stories in this book were written by people whose travels were in other areas.

I write this as the author of one of the stories in the book. My experiences were in Africa.
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HASH(0x8bb99e04) out of 5 stars I want to get going again! 22 Jan. 2009
By John Hall - Published on Amazon.com
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Apart from the 'foreword', preface and acknowledgements, I found this book to be compelling. I guess I would have to class myself as a closet gay traveller so I found the stories exciting and sometimes a little unbelievable. I really liked the stories about encounters that occurred in places to which I have been, but alas, none of the excitement happened to me. Perhaps I should return? I've walked along the corniche in Cairo at night, along the corniche in Muscat at night etc but never noticed anything that remotely looked like men / boys looking to be picked up.
For me, there is something almost mystical about the Arab world and many of the stories have made me think about going to those places. Some of the writers are very adept at telling their stories which made them a pleasure to read. This is the first gay book that I have ever bought and it inspired me to order another.
There were just a couple of chapters that did nothing for me, but other than them, I thoroughly recommend the book.
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HASH(0x8bb9c258) out of 5 stars Thoughtful Reading of The Muslim World 23 July 2007
By John C. Barfield - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Hardcover
"Gay Travels in the Muslim World" is quick interesting reading. Luongo's perface to the book is most note worthy. He presents the issue of homosexuality in a framework of identity versus practices which is thoughtful. I would recommend this book for students of sociology and African American studies who are focused on learning more about ascribed and achieved life roles within society.

John Barfield
Evanston, IL
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HASH(0x8bb9c624) out of 5 stars Useful Reading 10 Oct. 2008
By Samir Sobhy - Published on Amazon.com
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This is a selection of 18 articles, varying considerably in length, quality, and richness of information. While one should expect accounts of real travels, events, and people, some of the articles are pure fiction. This is unfortunately the case of the only article on Israel, involving two teenagers: an Israeli soldier and an Arab boy (written by an American, carrying BA and MA degrees).
The title leads to think that a balanced "sample" of the Muslim world would be given. However, most of the artciles deal with the Middle East, with the lion's share going to Morroco with 4 articles.
The most surprising and informative is the article on Afghanistan (by the Editor), the funniest is the one on Oman, the most erotic is the one on Iraq (fiction??), and the most romantic is the on on Turkey.
The book is certainly informative, entertaining, and at times erotic.
All in all, it gives a good and useful background information, focussing in many articles on the importance of the cultural differences beween Western and Muslim societies. This, I think is a very helpful point for those who intend to travel to a Muslim country.
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HASH(0x8bb9c5d0) out of 5 stars Voyages into the seldom-explored 15 July 2010
By David Jedeikin - Published on Amazon.com
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Gays and Islam are a combination that, many feel, make the oil-and-water analogy seem like understatement. Yet like cacti in the desert, gay life blooms even under the harsh conditions of the Muslim world, and Luongo's fascinating, if at times uneven, anthology offers up a vivid portrait of these hardy homos planted in the Islamic wilderness. From Afghanistan to Morocco we hear tales of visitors, expats and locals, and are left wondering if the unacknowledged gayness of so much of Muslim-country life (men holding hands or expressing intimacy before marriage) is simply another expression of same-gender closeness that we Westerners don't understand... or if it's in fact a sign of the same harsh homophobia from which our culture is only now emerging. As one of only a handful of gay travel books (most of which are anthologies such as this one), Gay Travels in the Muslim World tackles a beguiling, significant region of the planet well off the rainbow travel trail yet in need of more exposure and understanding.
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