Saleem Haddad has just released 'Guapa' in Portugal, published by Vírgula D’Interrogação. In his debut novel, written a decade ago, the writer of Palestinian-Lebanese and Iraqi-German descent tells the story of a gay man in an Arab country amidst political and social turmoil. The work, a reflection of a time when the author was searching for his 'own place in the world as an Arab and queer man', remains more relevant than ever.