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Instead We Became Evil: A True Story of Survival & Perseverance (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781954220423)
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xA powerful story of struggle, survival, and hope for the future is told by one of Denmark's most successful artists.
The violent, compelling debut, co-written with journalist Dart Adams, provides a complex portrait of one man and the various ways in which every social system that was supposed to help him failed him, while also delving into the psychology of immigrant gangs and the young men who fall into them. But ultimately, it's a narrative about tenacity, survival, and optimism for the future. Sleiman was born in Lebanon during the 1982 bombardment and is a Palestinian. His family eventually moved to Denmark, but their new life there was far from perfect. Sleiman was subjected to domestic violence as well as social rejection as a Muslim immigrant. Angry and powerless, he found himself drawn to gang life. Sleiman had dropped out of school and was one of his gang's most feared and revered members as a teenager. He was involved in hundreds of crimes during his peak, but after surviving an attempted assassination, he addressed his demons and permanently abandoned the gang life. Sleiman is now narrating his story in his own words in the hopes of discouraging others from following in his footsteps.
Author: Sleiman, Dart Adams
ISBN-10: 1954220421
ISBN-13: 9781954220423
Publisher: Kingston Imperial
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2022
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
The violent, compelling debut, co-written with journalist Dart Adams, provides a complex portrait of one man and the various ways in which every social system that was supposed to help him failed him, while also delving into the psychology of immigrant gangs and the young men who fall into them. But ultimately, it's a narrative about tenacity, survival, and optimism for the future. Sleiman was born in Lebanon during the 1982 bombardment and is a Palestinian. His family eventually moved to Denmark, but their new life there was far from perfect. Sleiman was subjected to domestic violence as well as social rejection as a Muslim immigrant. Angry and powerless, he found himself drawn to gang life. Sleiman had dropped out of school and was one of his gang's most feared and revered members as a teenager. He was involved in hundreds of crimes during his peak, but after surviving an attempted assassination, he addressed his demons and permanently abandoned the gang life. Sleiman is now narrating his story in his own words in the hopes of discouraging others from following in his footsteps.
Author: Sleiman, Dart Adams
ISBN-10: 1954220421
ISBN-13: 9781954220423
Publisher: Kingston Imperial
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2022
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
By Sleiman
xSleiman Nejim is a Danish rapper of Palestinian origin. He is known by the mononym Sleiman. He was born in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, Lebanon. He immigrated to Denmark as a child and grew up in Asker, a housing project in Hundige, a suburb south of Copenhagen. He joined the local gang Bloodz and ended up with a criminal record and jail time. After an assassination attempt on him, he left gang life. Dart Adams is a native Bostonian journalist, historian, lecturer and researcher. His work has appeared in various online and print publications including Complex, NPR, Mass Appeal, Okayplayer, Ebony, LEVEL, Boston Globe Magazine, and Boston Magazine.He's also the owner/operator of Producers I Know/Fat Beats and hosted Dart Against Humanity and the Boston Legends Podcast.
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