{"product_id":"habibi-means-beloved-moudi-sbeity-9781647692926","title":"Habibi Means Beloved: A Queer Memoir on War, Stuttering, and Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memoir of exile, love, and the search for home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a Muslim family from a small Lebanese village, Moudi Sbeity came of age at the intersection of war, displacement, and difference. Queer, with a stutter, and often on the margins of belonging, Sbeity survived the conflicts that fractured their homeland and family before arriving in Utah as an eighteen-year-old evacuee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom there, Sbeity transformed anonymity into advocacy as plaintiff in \u003ci\u003eKitchen v. Herbert\u003c\/i\u003e, the landmark case that secured marriage equality across the 10th Circuit, and as founder of the celebrated Salt Lake City queer-friendly restaurant Laziz Kitchen. Yet behind these outward triumphs, Sbeity felt an inner call to return to their roots through writing and poetry. \u003ci\u003eHabibi Means Beloved\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves personal narrative, Sufi mysticism, and Lebanese heritage in a memoir of resilience, disconnection, and reconciliation. Both intimate and universal, it invites readers to reimagine belonging and recognize ourselves--and one another--as already beloved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moudi Sbeity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164769292X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647692926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Moudi Sbeity","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457568715007,"sku":"9781647692926","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53530dc8-27bc-4479-91d7-740ad1a6977e.jpg?v=1777399996","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/habibi-means-beloved-moudi-sbeity-9781647692926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}