The Trouble With Fear

Jamel is half Turkish and half lebanese. He's by sexual but he keeps that secret from his family. How does he think his family would respond if he told them that? Violently, in a word, or very, very poorly, the're homophobic. And so there is always this kind of question mark over his head about this difference. The longer you hold on to fear, the worse it begins to seem in your mind,. "The bigger a hold it has over you," she says.