Finding Peace

By Mohamad Aljammal

Dictionaries can sometimes be the deadliest weapons against our brains as they define terms using standards that may not be accepted by all of us, but the truth should be told that another hand is involved in this murder, which is our understanding of spoken language. This is the canvas of this book, but what lies between the lines, behind the scene, in the safe, under the tree is a set of untold events and expectations in lovely, cold Sweden. The plot is about a Swedish Muslim lawyer of Middle Eastern origin handling a case of a Swedish homosexual person denied by law from having a post-sex reassignment surgery in the not-very-far future.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Jul 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504946902

Mohamad Aljammal

The author was born in Kuwait City; lived mostly in Damascus, Syria, until late 2013; and fled the war to seek refuge in Sweden through a dangerous two-month journey. He has lived a very rich life full of experience with all kinds of people and has a lot to share. At writing, he prefers to be brief so you would be able to imagine, understand, estimate, and conclude on your own.

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Published by AuthorHouse 07/27/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-4689-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-4690-2 (e)

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Contents

Preface

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

What makes a man and what makes a woman? This is the question that the author explores. I really enjoyed this interesting story about sex and sexuality, masculinity and femininity in opposition to social and religious non-acceptance.

Mariia Telepneva

My friend and teacher

Preface

What is the definition of a man? Is it the organ? Is it bravery? Muscles? Aggressiveness? The beard? But in our modern world, except for the organ, all these characters could apply to a female. So, may be it is the hormones our bodies excrete. And yet again, what is the definition of a woman? The organs again? Smoothness? Tenderness? The curves she has that are the natural cause of other hormones? Why are the majority of volunteers around the world females? Is it a feminine characteristic to have a big heart? It wouldn’t necessarily mean that males are cold hearted. It is just an order of priorities.

A friend told me once people should have different names after the age of 18 as these names might not reflect their personalities. And, come to think about it, once a baby is born we could tell its sex by looking at its organ by nature. But when they grow up some differences appear later. Regardless to the reasons why a certain person feels different, reality could hardly be accepted at first to the same person, or to his community no matter how progressive parents could be or could seem to be.

Is the story of Pope Joan true? Or it is just an example how a woman can do exactly what a man does? And should someone check a newly elected Pope for being a male or female only by looking at his organ?

May be the British could not find a definition for the word man, but instead they have started long time ago to use another word that they couldn’t really define either: a gentleman! Credit should go to the English for telling the truth that not all men deserve to be described as real men, and they have found a really nice way to put it in one word without telling how a person who is not a gentleman looks like.

Few years ago, Hollywood produced a movie called: Stepford Wives. Almost at the end of the movie, Nicole Kidman described her husband, Matthew Broderick, proudly as he is a man as he stood up for his wife refusing to turn her into an obedient, sexy, loving, cooking machine Stepford society wanted her to be.

Some African tribes have a manhood test, although such tests only measure physical abilities, but the concept of deserving this title of being a man explains the main idea: our actions should decide our sex, not our organs.

In old Arabia, during the early beginning of Islam, race and sex domination were