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At the airport, he's handed his Blackness like a passport, and realizes that he needs to learn what this identity means in a new country. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Like all teens, Abdelmahmoud spent his adolescence trying to figure out who he was, but he had to do it while learning to balance a new racial identity and all the false assumptions that came with it. Abdelmahmoud learned to fit in, and eventually became \"every liberal white dad's favorite person in the room.\" But after many years spent trying on different personalities, he now must face the parts of himself he's kept suppressed all this time. He asks, \"What happens when those identities stage a jailbreak?\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In his debut collection of essays, Abdelmahmoud gives full voice to each and every one of these conflicting selves. Whether reflecting on how \u003ci\u003eThe O.C.\u003c\/i\u003e taught him about falling in love, why watching wrestling allowed him to reinvent himself, or what it was like being a Muslim teen in the aftermath of 9\/11, Abdelmahmoud explores how our experiences and our environments help us in the continuing task of defining who we truly are. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With the perfect balance of relatable humor and intellectual ferocity, \u003ci\u003eSon of Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e confronts what we know about ourselves, and most important, what we're still learning.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50354217713937,"sku":"CIN059349685XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50963123503377,"sku":"CIN059349685XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53412127834385,"sku":"GOR014913727","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/059349685X.jpg?v=1750847345"},{"product_id":"elbows-up-book-elamin-abdelmahmoud-9780771032202","title":"Elbows Up!","description":"\u003cb\u003eA blazing collection of responses to the U.S.'s shocking annexation threats and the swell of Canadian national unity that followed, from a remarkable array of Canada's sharpest and most influential minds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2025. Donald Trump is president. And he is insisting that Canada is for sale. It feels disorienting, even existential, to watch a trade war escalate and to hear an American president vow to make Canada \"the 51st state.\" Amid this disorientation, there is an urgent question: how do we meet the moment? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is not the first time we have had an identity crisis resulting in a swell of Canadian pride, but it is the first time many Canadians have experienced the direct threat of American imperialism knocking so loudly on our country's door. The fact that treaties can be broken, that resources can be stolen, and that the consequences of land theft include loss of culture, ritual, and identity is not new to the Indigenous and refugee peoples living in this country. But to many other Canadians, this kind of threat is new. As a result, there appears to be a new sense of a \"we\" emerging. People are angry and standing together with renewed shared purpose. 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